Democratic engagement is the practice of engaged citizenship through democratic mechanisms and principles. As part of the IGND, the City intends to extend democratic engagement via innovative education, communications and budgetary processes.
Democratic engagement is the practice of engaged citizenship through democratic mechanisms and principles. As part of the IGND, the City intends to extend democratic engagement via innovative education, communications and budgetary processes.
The city will create and implement strategies to educate and engage the community in the transition. They will solicit feedback and ideas from residents and partners. The city will use generally accepted education tools such as webinars, local meetings at community centers and similar locations as well as innovative methods for two-way education/communications.
Participatory Budgeting (PB) engages residents in the government budget process. Under the IGND, the City will carve out a select set of activities and transfer fiscal and social responsibility from elected officials and city staff to residents.
