Event Summary:
Issues and Opportunities Workshops
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Overview
Two community−based interactive “Issues and Opportunities” workshops were held at Town Hall on October 25 and November 13, 2007, bringing together members of the Steering Committee, the Citizens’ Assembly, and the public at large. The purpose of these meetings was to introduce the public to the scope, goals, methodology, and schedule of the project; to assess the community’s interests and concerns; and to help prioritize issues to be addressed in the Plan.
Best and Least of Brookhaven
Attendees participated in two activities. First, in “The Best and Least of Brookhaven” participants each placed a blue dot on the “Location Identification Map” indicating where they live, and three green dots on the “Best of Brookhaven Map” and three red dots on the “Least of Brookhaven Map” to indicate positive or negative areas or aspects of the Town. Comment cards were used to further describe their three best‘s and least‘s, and placed in a ballot box.
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Brookopoly
Next, participants were faced with 16 ballot boxes representing the range of issues that must be addressed in the Comprehensive Plan, and given Brookopoly Bucks ($500, $200 and $100) to vote with, thereby identifying and prioritizing these issues. The ballot issues were grouped into Character Themes (Natural Resources; Open Space and Recreational Resources; Historic, Cultural and Sacred Places and Resources; and Coastal Resources), Development Themes (Main Street Development; Transit Oriented Development; Residential Development; and Commercial and Industrial Development), Transportation Themes (Transit; Vehicular Road Networks; Bicycle and Pedestrian Networks; Maritime Networks) and Infrastructure Themes (Community Facilities and Services; Educational Facilities and Services; Piped Utilities; Wired and Wireless Facilities and Services).
Placing Brookopoly Bucks in a ballot box did not mean that participants were necessarily for or against any specific issue, but indicated the need for its careful consideration in Brookhaven 2030.
Discussion and Results
Later in the workshops, the “Location Identification,” “Best of” and “Least of” maps were brought to the front of the room and a Brookhaven 2030 team member pointed out the distribution of the population in attendance and gathered feedback on the major concentrations of red and green dots. The Brookopoly ballot boxes were tabulated and the results were presented and discussed.
View the Issues and Opportunities Outreach Report, which explains the results of the Issues and Opportunities Outreach Process in greater detail.
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Urbitran Associates − Last Updated 10.22.08