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Sunday, March 24, 2013

Alexandria Residents Can Participate in Civic Engagement Poll

The poll is online now through April 9.

As part of the civic engagement effort “What’s Next, Alexandria?” city residents can take part in an online poll now through April 9. At the “What’s Next” community dialogue on January 29, community members worked together to develop principle statements to guide public participation in Alexandria. Since then, community facilitators collaborated with staff to synthesize the 17 principle statements into eight. City officials are asking for feedback on the statements and want to know what residents believe should be included in Alexandria’s Principles of Civic Engagement. Residents can participate in ACTion Alexandria's Civic Engagement Principles online poll to review the principles and answer a few short questions. Take the online poll …

Friday, November 16, 2012

'What's Next, Alexandria?' Launches Citizen Engagement Effort

City initiative features a series of community dialogues to facilitate communication between residents, city leaders.

Respect. Honesty. Compromise. Progress. Alexandrians listed these and other principles for ideal civic engagement during the first “What's Next, Alexandria?” citizen engagement meeting Thursday at First Baptist Church on King Street. The city initiative aims to bring local residents into planning processes through a series of community dialogues and begin a conversation about how Alexandrians can best participate in shaping the city’s future. Some council members and council-elect members attended, as well as city management staff, department heads and almost 200 local residents. Alexandria Mayor Bill Euille told participants that cities and towns across the country are launching similar initiatives. “We’re here because we know that some …

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Rachel Leonard

11:49 am on Friday, November 16, 2012

Gail, there will be another session in January. Stay tuned!   more ›

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