Hi there! Cumberland is in the early stages of researching local barriers to residential tree planting. In just under 2 weeks we are holding our first Focus Group following the recommendations by CBSM.
We also have a great community survey live right now that is getting many respondents!! You can check our survey out at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...Z1bWc6MQ#gid=0 .
Have any of your organizations conducted a focus group recently, and if so what were lessons learned? What would you have done differently? What questions worked/what questions didn't work?
Our plans for our focus group are to provide dinner and an incentive ($), in a comfortable environment. Our agenda includes a thought envoking slide show, 4 discussion questions, and a closing thought envoking slideshow. We will collect the data by recording, note taking, and by collecting the structured slideshow notes from the group.
Thank you for any last-minute recommendations that we can include in our activity!!!
Raquel Ketterman
City of Cumberland
United States
Focus Group Planning - Looking for lessons learned?
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Hello Raquel
You may be interested in a plan to 'green' an inner city Sydney suburb. Michael Mobbs made changes to his house in the suburb about 15 years ago so that he almost self-sufficient in energy, water and waste disposal. He has now working on his suburb and developed a plan which includes street vtrees to cool roads - hot features in the urban landscape to address the heat island effect. Roadside plants are also being used to promote community and produce some food.
Read more at: http://theplan.sustainablehouse.com.au/#navigation Go to bottom of webpage to download the plan.
I went to a great talk by Michael on Thursday about his vision.
Regards,
David Wake
David Wake
Project Leader TravelSmart Workplace
Department of Transport
Australia
Correted survey link - sorry about that!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dDhqRWcyM1htdXNCVl9JeFZSMFZ1bWc6MQ#gid=0
Raquel
Raquel Ketterman
City of Cumberland
United States