Citizen Involvement
The Plano Tomorrow plan is based on the visions of the community and required a thorough public outreach campaign along with several detailed work sessions with the Plano Tomorrow Advisory Committee. During the 26 month period, over
4,000
individuals participated with the plan's policies and actions through surveys, open houses, and on-site meetings, contributing to over
20,000
comments and ideas. With thousands of residents and business owners participating, the Plano Tomorrow Public Outreach Campaign has been the most successful initiative of any update to the city’s Comprehensive Plan.
Below is the four step process that was completed to create the plan. To promote citizen involvement, the city sent announcements to
82,000
residents through
utility bills and delivered over
5,200
announcements to apartments; made
40,000
calls through a telephone calling service for a telephone town hall meeting; attended several neighborhood meetings including the
Neighborhood Leadership Council's Quarterly Breakfasts; held Take the Case "meetings in a box" workshops with schools, neighborhoods associations, and the Plano Chamber of Commerce; hosted booths at the International Festival and Plano Balloon Festival; ran an announcement in the
Dallas Morning News; created a
promotional video that was available on the project website throughout the process, hosted four open house meetings at libraries across the city, participated with over
40
organizations, and had over
25
public work sessions with the Advisory Committee. In addition to posting meeting announcements on the project website, an active electronic newsletter was distributed with nearly
1,500
subscribers to provide updates on the process of the plan.
Step 1
Survey the Public to Identify Issues (July 2013 - January 2014)