More Than 2,000 Dallas Residents Participated!
Since November 2004, we have heard from more than 2,000 Dallas residents and business leaders - through ten workshops (eight community workshops and two city-wide workshops) five open houses and scores of neighborhood and voluntary association meetings. The purpose of these meetings, workshops and open houses was to engage residents in shaping the future of their community and their city. The workshops were interactive, hands-on exercises to create ideas about Dallas' future land development and transportation choices.
The Community Workshops
The community workshops helped everyone understand what Dallas residents value most in their communities and what aspects they would like to see changed. A variety of community workshop sites were chosen, representing a broad spectrum of Dallas neighborhoods and issues.
Community Workshop game pieces
At the community workshops citizens working in groups developed ideas about how to improve specific geographic areas. Using "game pieces" representing different development types (single-family homes, small scale stores, office complexes, schools, etc.), the groups developed plans.
The work stemming from the community workshops fed directly into helping to shape development types that were discussed during the city-wide workshops.
The Citywide Workshops
At the city-wide workshops, participants created maps of the entire city to illustrate what the future should look like. Their maps showed where to locate new jobs and homes, where neighborhoods should be preserved, and what patterns of development they want to see across the city.
These maps were then presented to the whole group and were later merged together digitally into one map - a compilation representing the collective thoughts and input from each workshop.
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