Blogs

Fall 2021 Conference Contributions

Fall conferences are around the corner and PublicInput is excited to contribute to some of the nationwide opportunities for governments and public engagement practitioners to come together for these...

Virtual Meetings & the Legislature

Updated 9/3/2021:  New York State became one of five states who have approved virtual  public meeting legislation since this writing of this blog.  More state legislatures are enabling virtual public...

Agile Public Engagement

A Shift to Agile Community Engagement The pandemic, political and civil unrest, weather related emergencies, and climate change; each of these represent some of the complex issues that require...

Road Work Ahead

Construction Season: Public Engagement Doesn’t Stop At Project Development. For local governments and state departments of transportation (DOT), construction season is a recurrent opportunity to share...

Equity In Planning

Get ahead of the 2020 Census Data Release  In our recent webinar, Census 2020: Opportunities for Equity in Planning, our special guest speakers Lacey Loftin (U.S. Census Bureau) and Sara Ellis (City...

City of Austin, TX celebrates “hyperlocal” engagement

Every 10 years the City of Austin, TX engages in a long-range planning effort that is designed to guide the development and growth of the city’s park system. The most recent plan, Our Parks, Our...