Public Involvement/Visioning

A community cannot exist without the people who make it up. Nor can it move positively and proactively into the future without the participation of its population. That’s why a key ingredient of every successful planning assignment is the ability to elicit meaningful input from all the stakeholders in the process. 

This is where LSL Planning comes in. Drawing from a diverse menu of proven and imaginative techniques, we craft a public participation program to match the needs and budget of each project and client.

Time and time again the experienced professionals at LSL have demonstrated their skill at consolidating divergent opinions into one single vision or common set of objectives. Whether the subject is land use, transportation or special projects, we have a reputation for being competent facilitators who listen, document ideas and concerns, and provide prompt follow-up.

Engage us to help you engage your community.

Public Involvement Tools

• Open Houses with displays to promote one-on-one discussions
• “Living Room Listening” with key groups or individuals
• Small, interactive design workshops/charettes
• “Agency Day” to coordinate with other governmental jurisdictions
  and agencies
• Interviews with stakeholders
• Focus groups
• Community attitude surveys
• “Kidspeak” to engage educators, school children and their parents
• Interactive kiosks
• Web Pages
• Phone message systems
• Cable TV presentation
• Media relations
• Exit surveys
• Traditional public hearings
• Brochures to explain the process and increase public awareness
• "Public Workshop in a Box"™ LSL's trademarked interactive (and fun) "home-made" meetings designed to involve those people who would normally not attend public meetings.

VISIONING AND PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

Brighton Twp., Master Plan Update • Chelsea Comprehensive Plan, Town Visioning and Town Meetings • Envision Berkley Visioning • East Grand Rapids Mater Plan Workshops • City of Muskegon Comprehensive Plan (MSPO Honor Award, 1998) • Romulus Master Plan Workshops • City of Royal Oak Neighborhood Design Plan-Neighborhood Workshops • City of Ypsilanti, Huron River Corridor Plan Design Charettes • Downtown Design Charettes for City of Grand Blanc Downtown Enhancement Plan • Northville Parks and Recreation Focus Groups • Orchard Lake Road Design Plan Charettes • Public involvement leader on multi-firm Northwestern Hwy Connector project for MDOT, Road Comm. for Oakland Co., Farmington Hills & West Bloomfield Twp • Visioning Sessions and Town Meetings for Ypsilanti Twp., Master Plan • West Oakland Corridor Plan, Road Comm. for Oakland Co. • Westland Parks and Recreation Plan - "in the park" Public Design Workshops

COMMUNITY ATTITUDE SURVEYS

Belding • Big Prairie Twp. • Blendon Twp. • Courtland Twp. • Grattan Twp. • Lowell • Meridian Twp. • Oakfield Twp. • Pennfield Charter Twp. • Petoskey • Pine Twp. • Plainfield Twp. • Walker • Zeeland