Dec 15 Lunchtime Workshop Seeks Feedback on Alexandria's Draft Indicators

Alexandria Quality of Life Initiative 
Lunchtime Workshop Series
Cosponsored by
ACT for Alexandria ■ City of Alexandria ■ Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria
■ Virginia Tech Center for Public Administration and Policy

The Alexandria Quality of Life (AQOL) Lunchtime Workshop Series bring people together around the key questions and challenges involved in further enhancing our great community.  How do we measure Alexandria’s Quality of Life?  How can agencies, nonprofits, businesses and community groups use this data to make our community an even better place to live, work and play?

In a conversational setting, we’ll discuss best practices and key insights about using community indicators to make meaningful community change, including ‘lessons learned’ from colleagues and peers.   

Join us for a stimulating discussion!  The workshops are free and open to the public; FREE LUNCH* is provided for the December program courtesy of Virginia Tech.  For more information, contact Beth Offenbacker, Ph.D., Virginia Tech Center for Public Administration and Policy at boffen@vt.edu or 703 623 4811.

*Funding provided by Virginia Tech’s Institute for Society, Culture and Environment (ISCE)

Your Feedback Sought on Alexandria’s Draft Indicators

Thursday, December 15th

Noon -1pm

At our Thursday, December 15th Lunchtime Forum, we are asking for your feedback on the most recent set of Alexandria Quality of Life Community Indicators (AQOLI).  This list has already been through intensive vetting, but before it is finalized we are asking participants at our December 15^th program to provide us with feedback on any ‘fatal flaws’ among the indicators (e.g., something extremely important missing or needing clarification) and to identify any issues, concerns or advice about specific indicators. The draft report of headline indicators and associated data will be released in January 2012.

We will discuss the indicators list, and a draft set of supplemental indicators are also included in the document (see page 5) in order for you to better see the full scope of the indicators.  Join us for a workshop-style conversation on the 15^th about the draft indicators.  The indicators have been collaboratively developed over the last year by the City of Alexandria, the Alexandria Community Trust, Virginia Tech, and the Partnership for a Healthier Alexandria and they reflect extensive community input from subject matter experts, commissions, partnerships, and City staff.  The indicators listed are intended to describe our community's condition and provide us a means to measure progress towards our community's goals.

December 15^th Lunchtime Workshop Agenda

1. Introductions

2. Status of the AQOL Community Indicators Project

3. Feedback on the AQOL Community Indicators

·    Are there any fatal flaws among the headline indicators (e.g., something extremely important missing or needing clarification)?

·    Are there any issues, concerns or advice about specific headline indicators?

4. Data Issues

·    Are there any concerns, thoughts or advice about the data for the headline indicators?

5. Other Issues to be Discussed?

If you cannot attend on Dec. 15^th, please feel free to provide any feedback in writing to Dr. Matt Dull, mdull@vt.edu and Allen Lomax, aclomax@aol.com, by Friday, Dec. 16^th.

LOCATION: To be announced.  No charge to attend.  Seating is limited; please RSVP by Wednesday, Dec. 14th at http://tinyurl.com/43o282r