Switch It Up
by Jen Topa Sometimes you need to switch it up! On Tuesday, October 8th, we swapped our typical meeting venue for Downtown Grind, a beautiful cafe on North Main Street in…
Welcome To Our Upstate APA Annual Conference Session Companion Post!
This morning, our team facilitated a session at the Upstate APA Conference in Rochester, New York entitled "This Meeting Could Have Been an Email." Our objective was to share ideas that make…
No Train(ing), No (Gain)ing: Reflections On Last Month’s IAP2 Training in DC
by Christopher Dunne Last month I had the opportunity to spend three days in our nation’s capital talking public participation with fellow practitioners from near (Virginia) and far (Arkansas, Minnesota…
Women At Work
by Jen Topa March 8th marked International Women’s Day. It made me think about (1) how my two daughters will thrive in a world that is making strides for better…
Your Best (and Worst) Public Engagement Experiences
by Susan Hopkins, AICP A few days ago, I had a chance to unravel the pile of sticky notes we collected during a Cardstorming exercise we facilitated at the Upstate…
Strategic Planning With The Fellows
by Susan Hopkins Last week I had the opportunity to spend a day doing the kind of work that speaks to my heart and gets me out of bed in the morning:…
Commercial Corridor Beautification in Rochester
by Jen Topa Last month, our team participated in two great projects that positively impacted two of the commercial corridors that we work on. On May 5th, the South Clinton…
Public Engagement In The Elements
by Christopher Dunne Mother Nature doesn’t care about your community outreach. That’s the impression we’ve gotten this spring from our public engagement efforts around Reimagine RTS, Monroe County’s transit system redesign…
Participatory Budgeting Returns to Rochester
by Susan Hopkins, AICP For For practitioners of public engagement, the chance to experience participatory budgeting is what I imagine it’s like for a classic car enthusiast to drive a…
Public Engagement 101 With Roccity Coalition
by Susan Hopkins Christopher (right) and Andre (center) with members of the RocCity Coalition. The team at Highland Planning hosted an early morning training session called "Essentials of Public Engagement"…
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