What’s Next Alexandria? Second Community Dialogue Set for January 29, 2013

From the City of Alexandria:
 
"What’s Next Alexandria? Second Community Dialogue Set for January 29, 2013

For Immediate Release: December 14, 2012

Approximately 165 Alexandrians participated November 15 in the first What’s Next Alexandria Community Dialogue. The results of the community’s work at the meeting, as well as the presentations and meeting evaluations, are available on the What’s Next Alexandria website.
Please mark your calendars! Two upcoming activities (online and in person) will build on the civic engagement work done so far and begin the next steps in the process.

• January 2013: Online engagement activity to refine the principles of civic engagement begun on November 15 and in the community poll. The online work will take place over two weeks in early January. Details on how to participate will be sent closer to the date.
• January 29 at 7 p.m., Second Community Dialogue: The community will wrap up its work on the principles of civic engagement and then discuss potential methods for achieving those principles, including the range of engagement formats and approaches identified by the community in the recent poll. Meeting location to be announced. Childcare and simultaneous Spanish translation will be available. 

For more information, visit alexandriava.gov/WhatsNext or contact Carrie Beach, project manager, at 703.746.3853.