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Citizen Advisory Board summarizes outreach that yielded 1,000+ surveys for Des Moines strategic plan
Des Moines City Council · February 12, 2026
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Summary
A Citizen Advisory Board member and the city manager described several months of outreach—focus groups, town halls, multilingual materials and targeted visits—that reached about 3,000 people and exceeded the city's goal of 1,000 survey responses to inform the draft strategic plan.
Colleen Gantz, a member of the Citizens Advisory Board (CAB), told the council the CAB ran an extensive community-engagement effort to support the city’s strategic plan. She said the CAB comprises 23 members representing 10 neighborhoods and described outreach at the…
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