Community for Us, By Us: July Meeting
The CfUBU group continued to move towards consensus in choosing a topic to take action on in their community at the June 28 meeting. Questions residents asked themselves to guide the process included:
- Can the proposed priority be impacted by a change to policy, system, or physical environment?
- Which identified priority has the most potential for impact, and is it achievable?
- Does the proposed priority unify us as a group/can we rally around the idea?
- Do we have community assets/resources to tap into to help address the issue?
- What is the potential ROI (return on investment)?
Here is the list of community priorities- not meant to be conclusive or finite- that residents came up with and voted on at the June 28 meeting.
| Topic | #Votes |
|---|---|
| Municipal Collaborations (Wi-Fi, shared space) | 1 |
| Business Collaboration | 1 |
| Community Calendar | 2 |
| Social Networks | 2 |
| Housing (affordable, low and high end) | 0 |
| Employment (attracting recent grads) | 2 |
| Innovation Center/Career Pathway | 6 |
| Pool Aquatics Accessible for All | 8 |
| Downtown (Positive, recruitment, support of downtown plan) | 10 |
| Teens | 1 |
| Heroin | 0 |
| Positive Voice Platform/Public Issues Forums (Riverfront plan, downtown) | 15 |
| Mental Health | 0 |
| Increased stakeholder engagement (Older adults) | 1 |
| Racial/Class/West & East/Socio-Economic Division | 1 |
| Older Adults | 0 |
| Mall | 1 |
| Media/Info | 2 |
Meeting and project facilitation with assistance by Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service and Incourage. Project made possible by support from the Brico foundation.