During the first phase, our goals included: 

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• Identifying priority topics for further study and exploration – the topics that matter most to residents today 

• Defining equitable development – we heard that equitable development was of great importance to residents, and we wanted more input into what this term meant to Baltimore 

• Developing vision statements – we wanted to work with residents to build vision statements for each of the themes in our plan 

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Through 3 in-person open house events and engagement led by our Community Engagement Leadership team across Baltimore, we gathered public input and worked towards these goals.

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For residents unable to attend in-person events, we also hosted an online Open House and offered a survey as a tool for submitting input. The survey also included questions about accountability - an important theme throughout public input that residents expressed concerns about.

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Listening Phase materials and reports

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• Maps and data (presented at Open House events for context)

• Open House - notes by theme

• Open House - notes by activity

• Engagement report - phase 1 (to be released by Oct 2022)

  • Appendix of CELT team activities​

• Survey analysis (to be released by Oct 2022)

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During the second phase, our goals include: 

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• Generating recommendations for each priority topic identified during Phase 1

• Recommendations will be added to "a menu of potential recommendations" that will be released to the public for further refinement

• We will develop a tool for analyzing and prioritizing recommendations received, with equity at the forefront

• Recommendations will feed into the plan draft document, to be written in 2023

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During this phase of engagement, the Department of Planning is hosting geographic workshops around Baltimore between October - December 2022. At these workshops, the goal will be to generated recommendations for each priority topic. The workshops will be co-hosted collaboratively by Community Planners for each Planning District and members of the Community Engagement Leadership team.

 

Additional focus groups will be organized as a means to reach residents less likely to attend our geographic events. These will be led by members of our Community Engagement Leadership team and other partner organizations.

 

The public will also be able to participate virtually and add their ideas via our Konveio platform. 

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Creating phase materials and reports

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• Background information for each policy topic can be viewed and commented on here. Each background document will be released over the course of the fall.

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Please see the chart below for each priority topic organized by theme:

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