A Successful Community Meeting

On Wednesday the 21st the class traveled down to Cape May city to join its citizens in the first of several Community Meetings. I'd estimate close to 50 people in attendance (a sizable turnout considering we had a great Phillies game to contend with!)

The meeting began with a presentation of student collected information regarding the City pedestrian trail and the project sites. Afterwards, participants split into student led break-out groups to discuss individual sites.
The three questions posed for each site were:

• What do you treasure most about the site?
• What are your concerns about the site?
• What are your hopes and dreams for this site?

Each subject was then voted on to determine which were the most critical issues. Participants were given sticker dots to vote with, placing the dots on what they felt were the most important issues.
All in all the meeting proved to be a success. The following morning the students spent some time investigating some of the issues raised in the meeting. We are now in the process of compiling all of the data (dot-a...?) from the voting and surveys and will be making that available ASAP.
To those of you who participated, thank you, the input received from the small groups and surveys will be critical to further design processes. Most importantly, it was great to see a community come out and take a stand for something they care about. It is a great encouragement to us as a class and demonstrates the importance of community focused design.

Thanks again! Pictures to come soon.