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CRA adopts community ‘socials’ as primary engagement method after evaluation
Summary
The CRA board accepted staff recommendation to continue CRA socials — community pop‑up meetings in each district — as the agency’s primary public engagement strategy and asked staff to ensure outreach captures previously missed input.
After reviewing outreach options at the April 15 meeting, the Panama City CRA board voted to adopt CRA socials — informal, district‑level community events — as the primary public engagement strategy for redevelopment planning.
Staff said socials produced the broadest, most representative input across neighborhoods and provided actionable project priorities for each district. The board asked staff to follow up directly with residents who said their input was not captured previously; staff committed to contacting those residents and offered to coordinate with community partners to improve application assistance and notification.
Board members raised district‑specific concerns (for example, Millville residents emphasized code enforcement and police presence). Staff reported that the police chief already has related programs in development and that staff will coordinate with department partners.
The board moved and approved continuing the CRA socials as the primary engagement strategy.
