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Livingston council hosts community visioning workshop; residents prioritize safety, recreation and local health services
Summary
At a Sept. 23 special meeting, facilitator Paul Pierce led a citywide visioning workshop where residents and officials outlined shared values and proposed projects including safer public spaces, expanded recreation, and health-care access.
A community visioning workshop convened by the Livingston City Council on Sept. 23 brought residents, commissioners and staff together to surface priorities for the city’s next 3–10 years, with repeated emphasis on public safety, recreation and health services.
The session, led by facilitator Paul Pierce, used an “appreciative inquiry” format in which participants paired at tables to identify what makes Livingston strong and to draft headlines imagining the city’s future. Participants produced recurring themes — “safety,” “community,” “green space,” and “economic opportunity” — and suggested concrete projects such as a RecPlex (indoor recreation and senior center), trails and a push to expand local health-care services.
Why it matters: The workshop is intended to feed the council’s planning and long-range work. Council members and…
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