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Charlottesville council spends retreat translating outcome areas into clear strategic goals
Summary
At a retreat facilitator Joshua Renee led councilors through human-centered design exercises that produced candidate strategic goals—"drive informed participation," "measure effectiveness," and "turn plans into reality"—intended to guide staff decision-making and public engagement.
Joshua Renee, a workshop facilitator brought in to lead the council retreat, told council members the session was intended for "direction setting, not decision making," and guided exercises to translate the city's strategic outcome areas into concise goal statements. The council completed clustered exercises and a three-part "pressure test"—asking whether a goal would change residents' experience, advance more than one outcome, and help the city say no to misaligned work.
The exercise produced several candidate goals the council said staff could…
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