Community involvement is an important part of the Southeast Greenway’s planning process. As we move into the next chapter of creating a park for the community, with community input, we’re excited to be working with a number of organizations on outreach. These organizations will help us reach different community members across Santa Rosa and Sonoma County for input into the future Southeast Greenway park.
Civic Edge Consulting – They led outreach and engagement in Sonoma County supporting projects related to transportation, housing policy, and wildfire resilience. As a women-owned, employee-led firm, they focus on empowering communities through authentic community engagement and responsive communications towards the public.
Kimzin Creative – Believing joyful futures are created by, for, and with community, they will lead creative and arts-based engagement for the Southeast Greenway master planning process using the arts to unleash the creative capacity of Santa Rosa’s diverse communities and inform the design, programs, and operations of the new 47-acre park. Their work creates welcoming spaces where communities historically excluded from placemaking can come together to dream, imagine, and shape what’s possible. As a Petaluma-based arts and equity consulting group, with recent contributions to Santa Rosa’s General Plan Update, Kimzin Creative brings trusted relationships and deep knowledge of the region’s vibrant communities to the project.
Latino Service Providers (LSP) – Serving as a bridge across generations in the Latinx community and working to improve access to healthcare, mental health services, education, legal support, and other social services, LSP will be helping with connecting the Latinx community during the next phase of the Greenway project. They will be conducting outreach activities such as tabling at Water Bark and other community events, at open houses, and other events to reach Spanish speaking neighbors near the Greenway, and across Santa Rosa.
We’re excited to be partnering with these organizations to engage with the diverse communities living within Santa Rosa and Sonoma County!
