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Evanston working group pilots 'mini public' engagement and free 'Hop Around Evanston' shuttle
Summary
City staff and neighborhood collaborators presented a pilot ‘mini public’ process to resolve a local basketball-court dispute and unveiled a free 'Hop Around Evanston' weekend shuttle funded by Northwestern and run with the Chamber of Commerce; organizers said the shuttle will run Saturdays 6–9 p.m. beginning April 4.
Claire Kelly, council member for the 1st Ward, invited the Town–Gown Community Working Group to present a set of new engagement tools aimed at improving relations between Northwestern University and nearby Evanston neighborhoods.
Elle Dacian Nicks, director of Evanston Community Relations, said the group attended the International Town & Gown Association conference and is adapting a model called a "mini public" to local issues. "We're the only unit that actually has residents go" to the conference and bring back practices to apply in Evanston, Nicks said.
Residents and working-group members described a mini public as a facilitated, stakeholder-driven process…
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