Download
the Report of Proceedings in pdf format here.
Read
the preliminary results from the February 7th meeting
Event
Format
Each
table will be a mix of the various groups participating. Table
conversations are led by professional facilitators who can bring
out the ideas of participants and insure all at the table are
heard. This approach allows groups to explore an issue at their
own pace, but still come to decisions by the end of the session.
Results
from individual table discussions are summarized on the networked
computer system that links all of the tables at the meeting
with each other and overall meeting coordinators. From the individual
table reports, concepts and concerns are summarized and brought
forward to the meeting as a whole for exploration and voting.
Event
Follow-up
Check
back for updates. Over the next several months, a draft report
to the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation will be drafted
by the Civic Alliance to assist LMDC in the development of a
master plan for downtown. Thousands of citizens will review
the report, as well as other ideas and plans being developed,
at a Citizen Summit in the Spring. Following the Summit, a final
report will be presented to the LMDC, as well as other relevant
public and private entities.
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Organizers
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Sponsors
The Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown New York is made
up of over 100 groups of New Yorkers seeking to forge a
common vision for the rebuilding of downtown New York The
vision derived from the meetings would encapsulate the aspirations,
the memories) and the pride of the city and the region.
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Coordinators
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Regional
Plan Association
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Robert
F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, NYU
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New
York University School of Law
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Robert
J. Milano Graduate School of Management & Urban
Policy, New School University
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Facilitator
America Speaks has pioneered nonpartisan citizen
engagement through table and group conversations on public
policy issues. The America Speaks approach uses a mix of
the traditional (small group conversations) and the advanced
(electronic keypad polling, computer networking, multi-site
meetings via satellite), allowing individual conversations
to be quickly summarized and alternative
