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Needham working group finalizes walking-tour and open-house plan; committee votes to circulate revised materials
Summary
Project staff described a walking tour and open-house program for early February, a mobile-friendly survey and outreach to local businesses; the working group voted to have staff circulate updated materials to the committee for comment.
The Envision Event Center Project Looking Group reviewed logistics for a downtown walking tour and an open house, and voted to have staff circulate revised outreach materials to the committee for review.
Design-team representatives laid out a two-part public engagement approach: a walking tour the Thursday before the open house and an all-day open house on Saturday, with the working group’s planned dates stated in the meeting as Feb. 6 (walking tour) and Feb. 8 (open house). The open house was described as scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with walking tours running “every other hour” at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. so participants would not wait long to join a tour.
Survey, participation and materials
The team said the walking-tour questions are hosted on the project’s story map site and…
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