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When getting input, make sure the scope of what can be executed/changed is clear

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Feedback sessions that include opportunities for program participants to share their experiences

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Pulling in partners who have a long term commitment and are willing to do community engagement themselves.

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Be willing to adjust!

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We're working on a Neighborhood Assessment Tool that will give us a baseline for stable neighborhoods with measurable data, so we can see when neighborhoods start to shift and use that to tell the story to the political leaders to help fund future projects. Up until now, there has been ways to tell individual stories, but not show a full picture of how neighborhoods are aging, why and what changes are needed to shift in the other direction.

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In Chicago we have a rich history of Block Clubs, we are partnering with Block Club captains and building neighborhood wide networks of clusters to observe and report what residents are seeing

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Community-based implementation. Ex. Tree planting funding goes to community volunteer work parties and stewardship trainings

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Focus groups!

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Vet any funders for mission fit

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Testimonials

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Make sure consultations are ongoing (not just at the beginning) and that there's enforcement / teeth in the event that developers start moving away from what was promised or agreed to

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Crowdsourced neighborhood assets and challenges mapping

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Be selective about partners. Don't pull in partners that have expectations about timelines and deliverables that will preclude community involvement

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Safe neighborhoods/access for all.

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Finding partners in various sectors to begin to provide basic services and sharing information. Referral networks

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Make sure that data is accessible

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be transparent with data

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More ambassadors! Ensuring residents are engaged in implementation

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leveraging community residents

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Look at what's already going on locally in the neighborhood / place that can be built upon (i.e. look at existing community strengths and assets)

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Residents and neighborhood leaders represented on Steering Committees / leadership groups alongside city and stakeholder leaders

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I like using open ended questions. "What do you like most about your neighborhood", "What would make it better". I think you typically get more detailed answers that multiple choice.

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Community Need Assessments and partnering with local universities for data analysis and GIS resources.

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Incorporate residents into program design; include residents on Board if applicable

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Partnering with local agencies, city, burbs,

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Pull up and share out past and current zoning maps

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Neighborhood Ambassadors (Promotores) - Leaders involved in all aspects of planning and outreach

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Surveys

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Survey and interview residents.