Design your strategy
Keep the community involved
What community activities are underway that you can include in your strategy? What activities would you like to encourage, or develop with the community? Your strategy doesn’t need to only include management methods from within council.
Community groups, business, and other agencies can all be involved with the strategy, as this case study shows.
Reference material
Christchurch
City Council’s and Housing New Zealand’s Community Renewal Programme
for Aranui was designed to involve members of the community. The many features
of this programme included:
- exploring ways for business to become involved in improving Aranui’s physical environment
- strengthening individual, community, and business connections
- encouraging Housing New Zealand tenants to become involved in projects that aimed to improve housing in the suburb
- fostering networks, skills, and resources in the community to keep the programme’s momentum going.
Hold regular meetings with the community to let people know how the strategy is developing. If your approach isn’t meeting the community’s needs – change it!
