UW class helping Dept of Neighborhoods with neighborhood planning focus groups.

Just an FYI for those of you following the DON’s current neighborhood planning process. One UW class is helping them conduct smaller focus groups to help gather neighborhood planning info. Of course, the one rub is that the students aren’t giving invitees much of a heads up on this process - the following invitation to attend an April 17th meeting last night was sent out around 5pm on the 14th.  

We’ve been asked by the Department of Neighborhoods and Department of Planning and Development to conduct several focus groups in your area. The purpose of the focus groups is to find out how neighborhood residents feel about the last neighborhood planning process, and identify issues that the City will need to consider during the neighborhood plan update process. I am writing to invite you to participate in a focus group. We are holding two focus groups at the University Heights Community Center (5031 University Way NE) on this Thursday, April 17, one from 6:00 to 7:30 pm, the second from 7:30 to 9:00.

Would you be interested in participating? If so, please let me know which time would work best for you.

Finally, if you know anyone in addition to yourself who would be interested in participating in one of these focus groups, don’t hesitate to get them in touch with me or to give me their contact info.