Webinar: Meaningful Community Engagement

The Coastal Conservancy is hosting a webinar on Thursday, February 21^st  2019 from 1-2 pm exploring meaningful community engagement in project development. Three speakers working on projects across the state will discuss how they’ve engaged communities to develop projects that benefit local communities. The speakers will discuss how their community engagement approach was developed, what strategies were used to increase participation, and what lessons were learned along the way.

Materials from the webinar:

• A recording of the webinar can be found by clicking here

• Draft guidance document “Tips for Meaningful Community Engagement“. Please provide any feedback on the draft guidance document to julia.elkin@scc.ca.gov.

About the Speakers:

Rachel Saunders of Big Sur Land Trust will discuss the robust community engagement process that Big Sur Land Trust and their coalition of partners have undertaken to “co-create” a park and open space at Carr Lake in the heart of Salinas, Monterey County. The community engagement and planning process was pursued to ensure that community needs would be met while instilling a sense of ownership for residents.

Michele Montano of the Council for Watershed Health and David Diaz of Bike San Gabriel Valley will discuss community engagement conducted during development of the Merced Avenue Greenway in the City of South El Monte in Los Angeles County.