Community and Stakeholder Involvement
A number of techniques will be used to engage and provide opportunities for the community, public and stakeholders to direct and affect the outcome of the effort. This project is a community grass roots effort. The planning process will be a facilitation effort to help the community capture and define their vision and plans for the east-side Greenway. THK will work with the Funding Partners in a facilitation effort that will include the following:
Project Steering Committee
A Project Steering Committee will be developed to direct the planning effort. This committee will meet monthly for the life of the project. This committee will include:
- Residents
- East-side Commission Representatives
- East-side Coalition Representative
- Fountain Creek Foundation Representative
- Pueblo Planning Department Representative
- Lower Arkansas Valley Water Conservancy District Representative
- Colorado Springs Utilities Representative
- Pueblo Flood Plain Administrator
- Pueblo Parks Department Representative
- Planning Consultant
Public Workshops
There are at least 4 public workshops anticipated during this planning effort. THK will assist the Fountain Creek Foundation in facilitating these workshops on behalf of the Steering Committee. These workshops will include:
- Workshop #1 - Develop and refine project vision by capturing community issues and opportunities
- Workshop #2 - Develop project objectives and criteria for evaluation
- Workshop #3 - Develop strategies and concepts for the project
- Workshop #4 - Refine preferred project concepts and strategies