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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"><FONT face=Calibri>Columbia Imagined - Community Involvement Kit Training<BR>Tuesday, August 9, 2011 – 5:30 p.m. Approximate training – 1 ½ hours<BR>ARC – 1701 West Ash Street<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri"><FONT face=Calibri>The Comprehensive Plan Task Force will hold a training session on how to use the Community Involvement Kit for those who may be interested in facilitating discussions with their community groups and organizations about the comprehensive land use planning process. This training opportunity will provide you with all the resources you need to facilitate your own meeting about the comprehensive planning process underway in Columbia.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This is the first of several community involvement kits that will be developed for engaging with friends, neighbors and colleagues around the development of the comprehensive plan. This one will focus on helping people understand the planning process and eliciting their feedback regarding how the task force will engage the community in the plan development.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>As the comprehensive planning process moves forward, several phases of the process will have these types of kits available.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: normal; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">Facilitating a forum using the community involvement kit is a way for members of the community to stay engaged and involved in the process. This is your opportunity, as a citizen, to learn how your organization or neighborhood can provide direct input into the comprehensive planning process; share your ideas and concerns on the process and give feedback.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The training session will provide the information and tools needed to hold local meetings on the plan. Training instructors include members of the Comprehensive Plan Task Force, consultants from the University of Missouri Extension Community Development Program, City of Columbia Planning Department, and the City of Columbia Planning and Zoning Commission. For more information contact the Planning Department at 573-874-7239 or by e-mail at </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><A href="mailto:planning@gocolumbiamo.com"><SPAN style="COLOR: windowtext; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">planning@gocolumbiamo.com</SPAN></A></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri">.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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