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Department of the Environment summarizes community workshops for its 2016'020 strategic plan
Summary
Department staff presented findings from seven community workshops held in different neighborhoods and languages. Common themes included a desire for a healthy environment, better outreach, equitable access to renewable energy and transportation, and barriers such as awareness, time and language.
Department staff presented an interim synthesis of seven community workshops conducted to inform the Department of the Environment's 2016'020 strategic plan.
Anthony Valdez (Commission Secretary) explained the workshop design: sessions targeted 'non-usual-suspects' groups, ran with 15 to 20 participants each, included a 10-minute primer and used staff facilitators and designated note-takers to ensure consistent data collection. "Each workshop had an average of 20 participants," Valdez said, and the workshops were…
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