Ninety-seven people who live, work or own a business in Falls Church City turned out on October 25 and 27 to deliberate on the future of the City Center. They proposed ideas for actions that individuals, community groups and government should take with respect to information sharing, community and citizen engagement, and city policies. We invite you now to rate these ideas in an online survey. The survey results will be included in a public report on the October deliberations. It will be issued before Thanksgiving.
Anyone who lives, works, or owns a business in the city is invited to take the survey. Click here to take the survey now. The survey will open in your computer's web browser. The survey should take ten minutes or less to complete.
Looking ahead, the survey invites you also to rate topic ideas for Spring Deliberations 2008. The topic ideas, like the action ideas, are from participants in the October deliberations. The last pages of the survey request information about you.
The survey period ends on Friday November 9 at 12:00 a.m.
In a survey after a deliberation last spring 130 respondents called for greater civic engagement on the matter of "The City of Falls Church - What Are We Becoming?" They emphasized that more citizens should vote and join City boards and commissions and civic groups, and that the City should reach out in specific new ways to better inform the community. As School Board Chair Craig Cheney promised, the Falls Church City Public Schools subsequently posted the schools' strategic plan prominently on its redesigned website. A summary report on last spring’s follow-up survey is available by clicking here.
Deliberation offers a chance to be heard, and a reason to listen. Thank you for taking an interest in deliberation in Falls Church City.
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