Deliberation Falls Church City

Giving people a chance to be heard, and a reason to listen -- with the help of community youth

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  • Announcements
  • Deliberation Day 2007
  • DFCCVA Topics
  • News Blog
  • Organizational Issues

Fall 2007 Deliberations on the City Center

  • View deliberation highlights on Channel DFCCVA at YouTube
  • Report: Survey Results on Deliberators' Action Ideas
  • Why a chance to be heard is a reason to listen
  • Discussion Guide - PDF

Spring '07 survey: What can a Deliberation Day do?

  • Citizen & community involvement
  • Have more Deliberation Days
  • Ideas to change Deliberation Day
  • Not much can be done -- and other concerns

Spring '07 Survey: Most Important Things to F.C.

  • Citizen & community involvement
  • General suggestions & criticisms re City policymaking
  • Specific suggestions & criticisms re development
  • Suggested rationales regarding development

Videos on Deliberation

  • PBS Deliberation Day 2005: Health Care & Education
  • Democracy's Challenge: Reclaiming the Public's Role
  • A Public Voice 2006: People and Politics
  • Study Circles in Montgomery County, MD

Deliberation Guides

  • Discussion Guide for "A Nice Place to Live: Creating Communities, Fighting Sprawl"
  • Discussion Guide for "Democracy's Challenge: Reclaiming the Public's Role"
  • Video Summary of "Democracy's Challenge"

Small Donor & Deliberative Democracy & other sites

  • AmericaSpeaks
  • CitizenSovereignty.org
  • DeliberativeDemocracy.net
  • Democracy's Challenge: Reclaiming the Public's Role
  • DemocracySpace.org
  • ElectionLawBlog
  • Everyday Democracy (formerly Study Circles)
  • Harwood Institute
  • International Association for Public Participation
  • National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation
  • National Issues Forums
  • P2 Software and Technology
  • PBS By the People Programs
  • Public Campaign
  • Purple States TV
  • Smart Talk for Growing Communities: Meeting the Challenges of Growth and Development
  • Stanford Center for Deliberative Democracy
  • Wikipedia on Deliberative Democracy
  • YouStreet

Make a tax-deductible donation

Personal or organizational contributions should be payable to "Deliberation Falls Church City" and mailed to DFCCVA c/o Pete Behr, 412 North Cherry Street, Falls Church, VA 22046.  All funds contributed to Deliberation Falls Church will be expended on behalf of news blogging and deliberations in Falls Church City.

Deliberation Falls Church City and the Center for Voter Deliberation of Northern Virginia are registered names of Citizen Sovereignty Incorporated, which is a nonpartisan and nonprofit Virginia corporation and public charity that is exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.  Contributions are deductible under section 170 of the Code.  A financial statement is available upon request, or from the Office of Consumer Affairs of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

The Center is a member of the National Issues Forum network and the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation.  For more information on our activities, visit our websites at www.DFCCVA.org, www.CVDNVA.org and www.CitSov.org.

Pages

  • Deliberation: A chance to be heard, a reason to listen
  • Make a tax-deductible donation
  • Moderator Training for Deliberating Community Issues

DFCCVA Discussion Guides

  • Spring 07 - What are we becoming?
  • Fall 07 - What is the Future of the City Center?

Spring Deliberation Day 2007 Reports

  • Full Report (PDF - 16pp)
  • Executive Summary (PDF - 3pp)
  • Online Survey - Summary (PDF - 2pp)
  • Online Survey - Ranking of Suggestions (PDF - 3pp)
  • Large Group Discussions - Rough Transcript (PDF - 11pp)

Falls Church Links

  • American Association of University Women
  • Chamber of Commerce
  • Citizens for a Better City
  • City Center plan
  • City of Falls Church Elementary PTA
  • City of Falls Church website
  • Democratic Committee
  • Falls Church Arts
  • Falls Church City Public Schools
  • Falls Church Housing Corporation
  • League of Women Voters
  • News-Press
  • Republican Committee
  • Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation
  • Village Preservation & Improvement Society
  • Washington Post - Falls Church news
  • Winter Hill HOA

FCC Comprehensive Plan

  • Overview
  • Introduction & Vision
  • Demographics
  • Community Character, Appearance & Deisgn
  • Land Use
  • Natural Resources & the Environment
  • Parks, Open Space & Recreation
  • Transportation
  • Community Facilities, Public Utilities, & Government Services
  • Historic Preservation

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