Community Engagement

As the Design Guidelines project was undertaken with the assistance, and its completion would benefit the community, community engagement was extremely important to the entire process. 

As mentioned in the "Research and Purpose" section, community engagement started from the very beginning with a neighborhood tour led by a local resident and member of the Riverside-Normal City Neighborhood Association, the closest community partner in the project. 

During the process, the team members had several meetings with community members and area residents, so the residents could voice opinions and help to shape the final document and its content. 

The community engagement processes culminated in a final presentation to stakeholders and vested parties to the process. The presentation was before the final document was completed so that opinions and suggestions from community members could be implemented into the final product.