Community Engagement Action group
The Community Engagement Action Group is a constructive support group of CBN members and partners who convene around community engagement issues and practice.
Members use knowledge gained as group members to inform and improve their work.
Mission
By convening a diverse collection of stakeholders working in the field of community development, the Community Engagement Action Group seeks to create a culture of community engagement throughout the St. Louis region. The group does this by pursuing projects that align with three goals:
Education surrounding best practices and research in community engagement, including a quarterly research newsletter tailored for practitioners
Cataloging local community engagement assets and initiatives to avoid duplication of effort
Collaboration and advocacy to create a cross-sector community engagement baseline, encourage new growth, and enhance existing initiatives
Resource Library
Linked here are resources that the Action Group has used to inform its conversations and goals.
Fall 2017 Research Newsletter
Developing and Maintaining Community Trust
Resources
Turf, Trust, Co-Creation and Collective Impact from the Tamarack Institute
“Bright Spots in Community Engagement” from the National League of Cities and the Knight Foundation
Video and LISC Twin Cities two-pager about the St. Paul, MN Central Corridor Development Strategy, an initiative of the Mayor of St. Paul to explore land use, economic and social development impacts of building the region’s second light rail transit line
The Corridor Development Initiative from the Metropolitan Planning Council in Chicago
The “I Value” campaign from the City of Hampton, Virginia, created to gauge community priorities in response to dwindling funds in the city, which required tough choices about cutting services and increasing revenue
Resources
Trauma-Informed Community Building (TICB) Model from the HOPE SF Learning Center
Resident-Centered Community Building Toolkit from The Aspen Institute and The Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation
Path to Racial Equity Worksheet from Forward through Ferguson
“Evaluation and Community Engagement” by Building the Field of Community Engagement partners and Tracy Babler
Atlanta Community Engagement Playbook from the City of Atlanta, Westside Future Fund, Atlanta Housing Authority: University Homes, and the Georgia Institute of Technology
Recipes for Rising Neighborhoods from the Alliance for Strong Families & Communities, United Neighborhood Centers of America, Neighborhood Centers Inc., INPEACE, Congreso de Latinos Unidos, and the John H. Boner Community Center
Winter 2017 Research Newsletter
Creating a Regional Culture of Community Engagement
Resources
The Public Participation Spectrum from the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2)
Case Study: “British Columbia, Canada: Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform” by Prof. Archon Fung, Prof. Mark Warren, and Dr. Oscar W. Gabriel
“Variations of Institutional Design for Empowered Deliberation” by Carolina Johnson and John Gastil
The Midwest Transmission Project, a partnership project between Kansas City Power and Light and the Omaha Public Power District that engaged residents in the process to create an alternate route for power delivery and reduce current network congestion
“DIY Urbanism: Property and Process in Grassroots City Building” by Celeste Pagano
Participatory budgeting in St. Louis City’s Sixth Ward, led by Alderwoman Christine Ingrassia; this was the first use of participatory budgeting in the city and allowed residents to decide how to spend up to $100,000 of their ward’s annual capital expenditure through a community-driven proposal creation and selection process
Fall 2016 Research Newsletter
Activating Public and Green Spaces through Community Engagement
Resources
Master Plan – Public Space: Towards a Livable City from the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore
“Involving Community Stakeholders to Increase Park Use and Physical Activity” by Kathryn Pitkin Derose, Terry Marsh, Mark Mariscal, Sophia Pina-Cortez, and Deborah A. Cohen
“DIY Urbanism: Property and Process in Grassroots City Building” by Celeste Pagano
Château Hough, a vineyard and biocellar in Cleveland, Ohio that uses the community garden model, but purposefully grows grapes and other high profit crops to make the project more sustainable
Upcycle St. Clair, a creative placemaking project in Cleveland, Ohio that aims to create and build vibrancy in the surrounding neighborhood by teaching the culture of upcycling, activating empty spaces, and building a sense of community among residents
Dutchtown South Community Corporation’s Pocket Parks Project, which engaged local residents in efforts to redesign and improve Minnie Wood and Laclede Parks
