DVRPC's Public Participation Plan: A Strategy for Citizen Involvement

While today's public is far more sophisticated and modern standards are more all-inclusive, the basic tenet of public participation remains the same , to reach out to and satisfy as many populations as possible and to do so in an equitable and timely manner. Public participation is the only real way to ascertain the needs of a wide variety of citizens , the underinvolved and often unconcerned, the private sector, special interest activists, mature citizens, educators and parents, public officials, and the physically and economically disadvantaged. DVRPC believes that planning must be done with the public's full involvement and consensus.

We, therefore, have issued this publication which is designed for the DVRPC's Board, staff and the general public as an outline of the Commission's overall strategy for public participation, as well as the policies that have been adopted as inherent to the operation of this agency as we move into the 21st century.