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Candidates back Latino advisory board, bilingual outreach and in‑place engagement to boost Latino participation
Summary
Forum participants highlighted the town's Latino advisory board, bilingual outreach, WhatsApp and ReachWell messaging and community-based meetings in parks as ways to increase Latino community participation in planning and decision-making.
Candidates at the Sopra Sun forum described steps and ongoing work to include Carbondale's Latino community in local decisions, emphasizing outreach strategies and structural supports.
Chris Hassig and others credited Trustee Christina Montemayor with helping create a Latino advisory board and said that board has already provided practical feedback on parks, signage and transport projects. "We've heard about recreation...feedback about the…
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