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4 <br />• <br />• <br />b. Regional Greenways Collaborative <br />c. Minnesota Recreation and Park Association <br />d. Minnesota Department of Natural Resources <br />e. American Planning Association <br />f. Minnesota Land Trust <br />6. St. Paul Pioneer Press "Green Development" article <br />7. Minneapolis Star Tribune YMCA article <br />8. Mpls /St. Paul Business Journal Finalist for Best Mixed Use Development of 2006 <br />On -going Communications Efforts <br />1. City newsletter <br />2. City website <br />3. Quad Community Press: establish working relationship with new reporter /on- <br />going communication with reporter and managing editor <br />4. Staff is on the board of Quad Area Chamber <br />5. Regular "Community News" column in Quad Chamber newsletter <br />6. Staff attends Blue Heron Committee meetings <br />Communications Efforts that are Underway <br />1. Quad Community Press: Series of approximately five Revolving Doors discussing <br />aspects of the citizen survey results <br />2. Gateway Plan for the five gateways to the community. Design stage completed: <br />Implementation is budget decision for 2007 <br />3. YMCA groundbreaking — Press Releases /Media Alerts /Cable TV "City Scope" <br />4. Improve cable information <br />a. Timely removal of outdated items <br />b. Rebroadcast Decision Resource Ltd. Presentation of citizen survey <br />results <br />c. Advance promotion of schedules of rebroadcasts <br />Additional Ideas for Consideration <br />1. Citizen Academy. Small group tours. (Potentially as introduction to Visioning) <br />a. Environment: Tour parts of the city that demonstrate different <br />principles of development: i.e., conservation development, FireWise <br />sites, examples of stormwater treatment trains, etc. <br />b. Streets and Utilities: What is the system, how does it work? Visit <br />streets that need improving, explain how our charter works <br />c. Parks: Where are our trails? How do they get built and who pays for <br />them? What are our park needs? <br />2. Update Residents Guide <br />3. Examine whether the 11% of residents who claim they don't receive the <br />newsletter can be improved upon. <br />4. Develop "Virtual Tour" of the City on the website. (Budget issue) <br />5. Expand newsletter to include additional information on a particular issue selected <br />in advance by the city council. <br />