Five Year Plan to Increase Community Involvement

Final versions of the Five Year Plan to Increase Community Involvement including executive summary, full or short versions, and translated versions in Spanish, Russian and Vietnamese.

• Final Report
• Summary Version of Final Report - in Vietnamese
• Executive Summary
• Appendix - Menu of Ideas from Research
• Summary Version of Final Report (Color)
• City Council Hearing -- February 28, 2008
• Russian Version of Executive Summary
• Summary Version of Final Report - in Russian
• Appendix - Potential Model for Structural Change
• Summary Version of Final Report (Black & White)
• Summary Version of Final Report - in Spanish
• Vietnamese Version of Executive Summary
• Spanish Version of Executive Summary
• Appendix - Draft Recommendations
• Appendix - Outreach Survey Data Report
• Appendix - Summary of Research

Background & Resources

Some of the many background documents utilized by the workgroups including histories of Portland's neighborhood system, earlier recommendations and more.

• Public Administrators and Citizens: What Should the Relationship Be?
• Portland's Neighborhood Associations: Part I History
• Portland's Neighborhood Associations: Part II: How Portland's Neighborhood Program Works Today
• Report and Recommendations of the Task Force of Neighborhood Involvement
• League of Women Voters Survey of Neighborhood Associations
• Report from the Directors of Portland's District Coalitions
• Link to Public Involvement Taskforce

City Council Hearing -- February 27, 2008

City Council agenda and meeting minutes of the hearing at which the City Council "accepted" the Community Connect report