Mark your calendar to participate in the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs' conference on Minneapolis Neighborhood Groups and Citizen Participation.
DINNER IS INCLUDED!!! Wednesday, February 23, 5:30-8:30 P.M. Wilkins Room 215, Humphrey Center University of Minnesota, West Bank 301 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis Tom Taylor Sheridan Neighborhood "Raise less corn and more hell." Mary Elizabeth Lease The Center for Urban and Regional Affairs at the University of Minnesota is sponsoring a conference for people involved in Minneapolis Neighborhood Organizations MINNEAPOLIS NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION Questions and discussions about the role of neighborhood organizations in citizen participation have taken on new importance. Several reports dealing with neighborhood groups and citizen participation are circulating in city hall. Community Planning and Economic Development has proposed changes to the contractual relationship between neighborhood groups and city government and how citizen participation is carried out. Neighborhood organizations need to be fully involved in these discussions. This conference will give people active in neighborhood groups the opportunity to be part of the debate and talk with each other about how they do citizen participation, the future of citizen participation, and how neighborhood groups and the city work together. These topics will be covered at the conference: Minneapolis Neighborhood Groups Doing Citizen Participation 5:30 * What Is Citizen Participation? * What Citizen Participation Responsibilities Do Neighborhoods do Well? * With What Citizen Participation Responsibilities Should Neighborhood Groups Be Doing a Better Job? Dinner and Fun (dinner provided) 6:45 Neighborhood Organizations and City Government 7:15 * History of Citizen Participation in Minneapolis * Future of Citizen Participation in Minneapolis * What Should Be The Relationship Between City Government and Neighborhood Organizations * How can Neighborhood Organizations work together to Impact The Future of Citizen Participation. Wednesday, February 23, 5:30-8:30 P.M. Wilkins Room 215, Humphrey Center University of Minnesota, West Bank 301 19th Ave. S., Minneapolis The conference is free., If you call and tell us you are coming, we can make sure to have enough food for everyone. 612-625-1551 For more information, contact Jay Clark, 612-625-2513, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Kris Nelson, 612-625-1020, [EMAIL PROTECTED] REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:mpls@mnforum.org Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
