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Hermiston Civic Leadership Academy presents community-driven plan to engage residents on Carnegie Building reuse
Summary
A Civic Leadership Academy cohort presented a recommended, hybrid community engagement process for deciding the future use of the Carnegie Building, highlighting face-to-face outreach, micro-polls and constraints including limited city staff and small-sample data.
A group of Hermiston Civic Leadership Academy participants presented to the Hermiston City Council on June 9 a recommended engagement process to determine reuse of the Carnegie Building at 215 East Gladys Avenue.
The presentation, led by Krista Vanveen, described a seven-week project in which the cohort met in person for more than 20 hours and conducted stakeholder interviews and limited surveys to design a community-centered outreach plan. "Our primary goal was to develop an engagement process that the city council might use when reaching out to the Hermiston community in order to determine the next best use for the Carnegie Building," Vanveen said.
The students told the council that Hermiston residents prefer short, simple outreach that is both accessible on mobile devices and offered face to face at community events. Kendra Stone, a cohort member and…
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