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The Art of Civic Engagement

Posted by: Tim Halbur
Thanks to: Rebecca Sanborn Stone
9 November 2009 - 9:00am

In Starksboro, Vermont, planners are using storytelling and community art projects to get at the heart of what matters to residents.

The Orton Family Foundation, working with the Vermont Land Trust, was behind the process.

"Many familiar issues grew out of the town's artistic approach to planning for its future, Rosenbluth said. Residents want to preserve the town's rural heritage and landscape while also expanding opportunities for small, home-based businesses, she said.

McCleery said the bigger advantage of the project was to draw people together from all parts of town."

Full Story: Arts drive Starksboro planning
Source: Burlington Free Press, November 7, 2009
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If hundreds of people in your community raised reasonable concerns about a planning program you developed, how would you respond? Perhaps you might call a community meeting, or ask community elected officials to reach out to community leaders.
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