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Attachment A <br />Item 8A <br />Why community engagement matters? <br />As defined by the Tamarack Institute, community engagement is the process by which citizens are <br />engaged to work and learn together on behalf of their communities to create and realize bold visions for <br />the future. <br />An organization might want to engage the community for one of several reasons: <br /> To inform community members about an initiative. <br /> To gather input from the community on a specific topic, proposal, or initiative. <br /> To collaborate with the community to generate solutions. <br />To partner with the community to co-create solutions to community issues. <br /> <br />An important step in successfully engaging the community is to determine the purpose for the <br />engagement effort, communicate that purpose, and then design the engagement activities to achieve <br />your intended purpose. <br /> <br />Nexus Community Partners has produced two tools that should be used each time a new community <br />engagement effort or city project kicks off. <br /> <br />