Community Engagement
Community Engagement is essential for local and state government agencies aiming to build trust, encourage public participation, and ensure that policies reflect residents’ needs and concerns. Governments can foster stronger connections with their communities through outreach programs, public forums, and collaborative decision-making. This directory offers articles on community engagement and related topics like Community Development, which focuses on improving the overall well-being and sustainability of communities through targeted initiatives.
Residents in Louisville, the state’s largest city, have only one site available to them for in-person voting
Every resident that called into last week’s city council meeting asked for more investment in community services
Officials in DeKalb, Morgan, Clarke and Cherokee counties have reported tabulation errors stemming from the state’s new voting system
Digital governments will become more personal, mobile and paperless because citizens demand it. Find out how customer experience expectations drive content cities post to their online platforms.
An emergency kit for sheltering in place for up to 72 hours can be made mostly from items found at home
Is a bad flu season a wake up call for your city? Here are some innovative outreach strategies to help local governments build or expand flu shot campaigns.
Is your town, city or county doing innovative work? Publish sleek updates online with flipbooks that educate and engage and can be shared on social media.
FEMA advises knowing your evacuation zone ahead of hurricanes; find them on government websites or try this list from FLASH
Community policing opens the door to simply asking for bystander videos and obtaining access that speeds investigations.
Being part of the city’s regular citizen surveys improved feedback to and relations with the Fort Collins Police Department.
Domestic disputes, gang violence and social gatherings are three commonalities in the largest mass shootings in the U.S. in 2017. Explore our gun violence data visualizations
Get first responder training and media relations advice for mass casualty events in lessons from Sandy Hook and other MCIs.
With net neutrality rules lifted, carriers are already tightening consumer Internet billing costs on service packages and adding surcharges and fees.
In the greater Houston area, more than 120 public agencies use Nextdoor, and Hurricane Harvey proved they all use social media for emergencies. Here’s why.
The FCC repealed net neutrality policies dating from 2015. Find out what it means for local economies, small businesses and consumers.
Guest columnist Martin Lind has website accessibility tips for headings and tags, required for WCAG 2.0 AA by January 18, 2018.
The cities that sparkle with community engagement have figured out their recipe for how to throw a holiday party.
As holidays approach, food banks and pantries remind us how tight life on food stamps is. Federal trends suggest federal aid could decrease.
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