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Intern pitches citizen summits and dashboards to strengthen Titusville strategic planning
Summary
A summer intern presented a comparative analysis of other cities' strategic-planning and resident-engagement practices and recommended a citizen-summit model, public-facing strategic-plan PDFs/dashboards and data-driven tracking to raise participation.
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Chase Jenkins, a summer intern in special projects, presented a comparative analysis of strategic-planning models used by cities including Saint Cloud, Boca Raton, Port St. Lucie and Winter Haven. Jenkins recommended increasing public-facing detail for Titusville’s strategic plan (a multi-page PDF and performance dashboards), holding annual visioning or citizen-summit events with interactive exercises to prioritize projects, and using data dashboards to track objectives and demonstrate progress.
Council members responded positively and encouraged follow-up. Vice Mayor Cole and Member Moscoso praised the ideas; Moscoso requested additional materials. Jenkins suggested combining visioning and a citizen summit that uses “play money” or interactive tools so residents can indicate funding priorities. The presentation was informational; no formal action was taken at the meeting.

