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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHK - 2016-06-07 - Item 5 - Neighbourhood Strategy Engagement Tools Update Date: May 11, 2016 To: Heritage Kitchener From: Michelle Drake, Neighbourhood Strategy Project Manager cc: Subject: Neighbourhood Strategy Engagement Process Why are we attending the heritage Kitchener meeting? From now until mid-August 2016, neighbourhood strategy staff and project team members will be engaging our community to get ideas for planning, building and supporting safe and thriving neighbourhoods. Our vision is to create a neighbourhood strategy that will help people connect and work together to do great things in their neighbourhoods. One of our main goals is to reach out to and collect input from as many people and as many neighbourhoods as possible. th Neighbourhood strategy staff will be attending the June 7 heritage Kitchener meeting to seek The attached document entitled outlines the four ways to provide input. We encourage you to provide input in multiple ways. We will be using the street team method to seek your input at the committee meeting. provide your input as aheritage Kitchener member and as a resident of one of Kitchener. Are you interested in volunteering? Join our street team! From now until August, teams of volunteers will be going out to neighbourhood gatherings and events to gather ideas for making our neighbourhoods even better. Through short, one on one Strategy. Volunteers are asked to commit to volunteering at least once per month, with most events happening on evenings and weekends. Find out more at www.kitchener.ca/lovemyhood or contact Karrie Zettler to get started at Karrie.Zettler@kitchener.ca. Still have questions? Visit www.kitchener.ca/lovemyhood or contact neighbourhood strategy staff. 5ğƩƩĻƓ YƩƚƦŅ aźĭŷĻƌƌĻ 5ƩğƉĻ Neighbourhood Strategy Engagement Associate Neighbourhood Strategy Project Manager 519-741-2200 ext. 7083 | TTY 1-866-969-9994 519-741-2200 ext. 7082 | TTY 1-866-969-9994 darren.kropf@kitchener.ca michelle.drake@kitchener.ca *** This information is available in accessible format upon request. *** Please call 519-741-2200 ext. 7083 or TTY 1-866-969-9994 for assistance. 5 - 1 ( µ¤ ¸®´± ² ¸ȅ From May to mid-August 2016, Ǟ ƭğŅĻ ğƓķ ƷŷƩźǝźƓŭ ƓĻźŭŷĬƚǒƩŷƚƚķƭ͵ By participating, you can shape the future of your neighbourhood and get more support for your neighbourhood initiatives and priorities. Its fun and easy to participate, because thats what neighbourhoods are all about fun! Here are the ways to get involved. Dont forget to invite others to participate so we can hear from people from all backgrounds and areas of our city! 342%%4 4%!-3 Our team will have a 10 minute conversation with people at your event, gathering or location asking for their ideas for making our neighbourhoods even better. &/#53 '2/50 &/2 2%3)$%.43 A one hour, self-guided discussion with a series of questions to help start your discussion about neighbourhoods. Ideal for neighbourhood associations, faith communities, arts and culture groups, sports and recreational clubs or just a group of friends or neighbours who want to chat. &/#53 '2/50 &/2 /2'!.):!4)/.3 A 60-90 minute, self-guided discussion with a series of questions to start your conversation about neighbourhoods. Ideal /.,).% 0,!4&/2- An enhanced survey and ideas forum on 9ƓŭğŭĻ YźƷĭŷĻƓĻƩ ƚ ƌĻğƩƓ ƒƚƩĻ ğƓķ ŭĻƷ źƓǝƚƌǝĻķ źƓ ğƓǤ ƚŅ ƷŷĻƭĻ ƚƦƦƚƩƷǒƓźƷźĻƭͲ ǝźƭźƷ ǞǞǞ͵ƉźƷĭŷĻƓĻƩ͵ĭğΉƌƚǝĻƒǤŷƚƚķ ΛƚƩ ĭƚƓƷğĭƷ ǒƭ Ʒƚ ķźƭĭǒƭƭ ŅǒƩƷŷĻƩΜ 3³ ¥¥ ¢®­³ ¢³²Ȁ 5ğƩƩĻƓ YƩƚƦŅ aźĭŷĻƌƌĻ 5ƩğƉĻ Neighbourhood Strategy Engagement Associate Neighbourhood Strategy Project Manager 519-741-2200 ext. 7083 | TTY 1-866-969-9994 519-741-2200 ext. 7082 | TTY 1-866-969-9994 darren.kropf@kitchener.ca michelle.drake@kitchener.ca ΫΫΫ ŷźƭ źƓŅƚƩƒğƷźƚƓ źƭ ğǝğźƌğĬƌĻ źƓ ğĭĭĻƭƭźĬƌĻ ŅƚƩƒğƷƭ ǒƦƚƓ ƩĻƨǒĻƭƷ͵ ΫΫΫ tƌĻğƭĻ ĭğƌƌ ЎЊВΏАЍЊΏЋЋЉЉ ĻǣƷ͵ АЉБЌ ƚƩ — ЊΏБЏЏΏВЏВΏВВВЍ ŅƚƩ ğƭƭźƭƷğƓĭĻ͵ 5 - 2 SoǾ ¶§ ³ ¨² ³§¨² .¤¨¦§¡®´±§®®£ 3³± ³¤¦¸Ȉ connect and work together to do great things in their neighbourhoods. Imagine more of the great things already happening in your neighbourhood: more vibrant community gathering spaces more relationships between neighbours more people hanging out on their front porches, on their street or in the park more people engaged in a positive and proactive approach to neighbourhood development; and more support for vital community partners in the Sounds great, right?! wĻƒĻƒĬĻƩͲ ƷŷĻ bĻźŭŷĬƚǒƩŷƚƚķ {ƷƩğƷĻŭǤ Ǟźƌƌ ĬĻ ƭŷğƦĻķ ĬǤ —h w źķĻğƭ͵ All of the input you provide through street teams, focus groups and online will form a series of recommendations for planning, building and supporting great neighbourhoods. Expect to see a draft of the Strategy in fall 2016 before it is presented to City Council in winter 2016/2017. Our project team of city staff and community volunteers has been meeting since May of 2015 to lay the groundwork for already getting behind this work and look forward to hearing all your great ideas for making our awesome neighbourhoods even better. Thanks for EVERYTHING you do to make our neighbourhoods great! 4§¤ ¯±®©¤¢³ ³¤ ¬Ȁ Andrew Bieronski Nancy Bird Melissa Bowman Cameron Dearlove Michelle Drake Mike Farwell Mark Hildebrand Graham Jeffery Darren Kropf Chris Letizi Michael May Laura McBride Doug McKlusky Juanita Metzger Nadia Muhammad Janice Ouellette Frank Prospero Justin Readman Brooke Robinson Brandon Sloan Rohan Thompson Andrew Tutty Tristan Wilkin Renate Willms Kathleen Woodcock Sarah Anderson Rachel Brnjas Wanda Kampijian Wali Muhammad 5 - 3