Enhance decision-making and build trust in your community by engaging large audiences with one centralized tool, streamlining project management, and improving input analysis.
Explore our case studies to discover tips and best practices from successful initiatives leveraging our digital platform.
Faced with the daunting task of allocating $250 million as part of the Rams settlement fund, the City of St. Louis and the Board of Aldermen embarked on an ambitious digital community engagement strategy to involve residents in the fund allocation process from the start.
Localized flooding and poor stormwater drainage can significantly disrupt communities, causing problems from road and property damage to safety issues due to hydroplaning. In a city like Lancaster, stormwater management is particularly important as they run on a combined sewer system, meaning it collects and transports both domestic sewage and rainwater from the City’s storm drains into a single system of pipes – meaning, these pipes have a lot of work to do! As part of their collaboration with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on their larger Green Infrastructure project, the City of Lancaster is seeking to improve their community’s stormwater management quality.
By definition, comprehensive plans are complex, long-range, and broad in scope. The planning and engagement processes for these plans often take over two years to complete. This can make it difficult to establish and maintain meaningful engagement with community members throughout the process. Using CitizenLab’s user-friendly and accessible online engagement platform, the City of Seattle’s Office of Planning and Community Development (OPCD) reached thousands of residents in their planning process over 2022, all while supporting their goal for inclusive and equitable engagement.
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governments and organizations of all sizes have worked with us across 20 countries
projects have been launched across all policy domains: from urban planning and climate action to mobility and participatory budgeting.
community members have engaged on our platform to shape the future of their communities by engaging in their local democracies.
“We decided to launch our platform with CitizenLab because of the ease of use - not only for our residents, but also for our teams! Today we have a centralized place where we can see community responses and assign people across departments to be administrators on projects. Now we’re engaging across departments and coming together to share best practices between teams.”
“We presented the platform to our leadership team, and they absolutely lost their minds. They are so pumped for the site and the work it will enable us to do for the Comp Plan. Your team deserves a huge thank you for being so incredibly responsive and flexible and working with us to stand our platform up on such a short timeline. We really appreciate it!”
“In addition to increasing the quantity of participants, we were able to improve the quality of our community conversations by answering direct questions and responding to concerns promptly, before misinformation and rumor mills could overtake the dialogue.”
“When you drill down into the functionality you see that CitizenLab is more flexible, visually appealing, and user-friendly... I feel the way CitizenLab’s platform is set up fosters a positive participation environment [and] the fact that the back office is so easy to use has been a massive bonus because it doesn’t scare anyone away, no matter their comfort level with technology.”
Are you tired of seeing only the same faces show up at every town hall meeting? Frustrated by low engagement rates and lackluster feedback? You're not alone. Many peers struggle to engage their communities and get meaningful input. But it doesn't have to be this way. This blog post will share ten best practices to help you break the cycle of low engagement and boost participation.
Are you considering a community engagement and consultation platform but unsure how to navigate the process? Or are you already using a platform and feel it’s time to gauge the market again and ensure your solution is as future-proof as possible? This guide will help you navigate the procurement process efficiently and choose the engagement solution that best suits your organization’s needs.
