Climate-Friendly Areas Evaluation Report

2 • A mixture of event types and the opportunity for continuous feedback allows for more successful use of information. • Visually appealing and easy -to-read project information ensures the intended message is portrayed to the widest possibl e audience. General engagement • When there is an opportunity for your community to engage in a local project or process, what makes them feel like their participation was meaningful? o The opportunity to provide the feedback, being asked in the first place. o There needs to be a broader net cast to make sure that all populations are involved. o Underserved communities are not being served as much. o Including everyone in the conversation. o Have a chance to speak to things and be heard. o Meetings hosted entirely in Spanish and marketed towards the agricultural community. • What can we do to have a larger number of community members participate in this process? Ideas or solutions could include food and childcare during activities, for example. o Food and child care, but you also need additional incentives; if it is in person, the event needs to be accessible. o Trying to identify the org anizations that work with communities that are harder to reach. o Include an opportunity to teach a skill or activity. o A meal and a safe childcare option, but not everyone will be comfortable with that so , family friendly. • What challenges/problems have you and your community experienced engaging in projects? o Not just downtown locations, and transportation isn’t good enough. o These is sues can be very complex and hard to understand, which leads to people feeling overwhelmed. o There are places E/W that are impossible to get to without a car. o Access, you must take your show on the road. Getting permission to hang out at a school, workplace , a community fair of sorts. o Transportation in the valley is rough, if folks don’t have cars, they aren’t going to be able to come to you. o The only way to get to rural communities is to go to them. • What has work ed well? ▪ Can be as simple as starting your event with “let me start with how this affects you. ” ▪ Authentic interaction, leveraging service organizations.