There’s a reason city managers say you need to plan your work and work your plan. Without a plan, cities open themselves up to inconsistencies in policies, wasted resources, reactive decision-making, and missed opportunities. McMinnville Profile Population: 13,681 Operating Budget: $27 million Government Structure: Mayor-Aldermanic Services: Community survey, focus groups, strategic planning Learn how the City of McMinnville used CP2 Consulting’s deliberate, methodological, and analytical process to develop a strategic plan that will guide its budget and decision-making process into the future. “I’d recommend any community undertake
The role of the public in municipal strategic planning has evolved from old-school, top-down processes to today’s highly collaborative approach. Community input is critical to municipal planning, and while public meetings and focus groups provide great venues for in-person comment, they can fall short. In-person collaboration often omits swaths of residents who can add value—caretakers, single and working parents, night-shift workers (nurses and hospital staff, for example), gig workers, underserved communities, people without reliable transportation, and more. Public leaders must extend every
