Having trouble with small-talk over video chat? Not sure how to politely mute someone with a barking dog? Just ask P.A.U.L.A! Send us your remote engagement woes, Zoom faux-pas, and digital etiquette questions in the form below - our first responses will go out in early January 2021.
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Urban Planning Partners (UPP) has launched a Community Engagement Problem-Solving Series to explore community engagement innovations and strategies for Covid-19 and beyond. In this first Spotlight, we consider compensating community members that participate in engagement efforts.
To best understand the process of compensating outreach participants, we need to consider financial incentives versus financial compensation.
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Remember when we could host 100+ people in community centers, serve communal refreshments, and stand close to each other to debate different planning scenarios? How easy we had it! What do these community engagement events look like now? What can we learn from planners who have adjusted their community engagement strategies to conform to social distancing protocols?
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Across California cities are in desperate need of new policy solutions to address the housing crisis. Urban Planning Partners (UPP) is excited to be expanding its housing policy expertise through several Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) funded projects that are helping the City of Oakland update its housing policies, practices, and programs. Meredith Rupp, Associate Planner, is leading the two projects for which we are conducting community and analytics research, making actionable recommendations, and implementing solutions to expand the development of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and increase the use of cost-saving innovative construction methods.
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