Thank you all for your support on the city council OST project. The
conversation last Friday went very well. The whole decision making process
will take another month or so, but we have a good start.
I will let you know how it goes.
Best wishes,
Koos de Heer
Auryn management advies BV
Utrecht,
I had an opportunity to open space for a county government that is doing
planning around animal control issues. About 70 people showed up and
identified issues that definitely expanded the context for the planners to
consider. The recommendations from the group will eventually make their way to
Koos and All
A nice story of work I did with a city council can be seen at
http://www.theworldcafe.com/storyconversing.html
The consultation process led to substantial changes to the design of a major
new facility.
This meant that citizens who participated were able to see very tangible
out
Koos:
Yes. Contact Patricia (Pat) Landes at the City of Peoria, in Illinois USA.
Her e-mail address is "plan...@ci.peoria.il.us". In 1997 there was an open
space done regarding neighborhoods, but it was a gathering of people similar
to what you want.
Thanks,
Dave Koehler
Hi Koos:
I have used OST for this on a couple of occasions that might be
relevant:
1.Planning services for addressing the plight of urban Aboriginal
people in Vancouver. This was an OST that brought together politicians
from three levels of government, public servants, service providers and
A few years ago I facilitated an OS for a local community that has been
undergoing tremendous demographic change. There was much concern that a few
people (the "same old crowd") would dominate the event to the detriment of
the whole community. They did not. There was much interest and energy. I
hav
Dear All,
I am talking to a city council this Friday about doing an Open Space
Technology conference for the city. It is about a city planning issue.
There is an empty spot in the city and the planning process for this spot
has come to a grinding halt because of conflicting interests, and because
Koos, I just finished a daylong OST for public input into a plan for a
large and complex intersection and neighborhood in San Francisco.
A local group of architects and designers sponsored the event and invited
every property owner and tenant in the area.
It was a daylong OST and attracted 25 peo
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Subject: OST for a city council
Dear All,
I am talking to a city council this Friday about doing an Open Space
Technology conference for the city. It is about a city planning issue.
There is an empty spot in the city and the planning process for this spot
has come to a grinding halt
