Fort Wayne Parks System Comprehensive Plan

Empower Results assisted Design Workshop with a broad and insight-focused outreach and engagement approach. A deep matrix of partner organizations, stakeholder groups, community leaders, and contacts within the City government was built and utilized to leverage dozens of channels to reach the general public for input. This matrix laid the foundation for survey development and promotion, focus group-style stakeholder meetings, and a series of public meetings to kick the project off and solicit feedback during the planning process. Empower Results staff served as unbiased facilitators for the focus group meetings, allowing participants to share candid input and open discussions. This input, along with input from community open houses, was relayed to design team members and City staff to ensure the Master Plan reflected community needs, values, and future hopes.

The Empower Results team also assisted with surveys and multi-lingual outreach materials, coordinated all stakeholder communications, developed press releases, and provided leadership for the overall engagement strategy and messaging.

• Identified internal and external Parks partners, stakeholders, and public audiences
• Reviewed past plans for outreach and engagement trends and gaps
• Developed and deployed multiple community surveys
• Coordinated and facilitated series of stakeholder meetings
• Developed outreach and promotional materials (with multi-lingual outreach)
• Assisted team with plan recommendations based on engagement feedback