Cases

In 2005, the City of Portland engaged community members in a comprehensive review and assessment of Portland’s 35-year-old neighborhood and community involvement system. The result was a unique, comprehensive and strategic “Five-year Plan to Increase Community Involvement in Portland.” The ongoing implementation of this plan by the City of Portland...

In 2014 Marrickville council convened a citizens' jury of 30 local residents and business owners to deliberate on how best to approach the trade-off between the need for investment in infrastructure, and the desire to keep rates low. The process was run by independent research organisation newDemocracy Foundation, who took...