Community Working Group
A vision for health, livability and community.
During the planning phase, Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) staff formed a Community Working Group to help the board develop the project. This group of residents, leaders and stakeholders was selected to represent the various populations and organizations in the Beach Cities and served as a community sounding board and guidepost. The Community Working Group met 17 times from May 2017 to December 2020.
Community Working Group Purpose:
- Provide insight and feedback
- Receive updates and information
- Disseminate project and public meeting information to constituencies
Members were:
- An important resource for BCHD staff
- Invited to participate
- Voluntary contributors
- Representatives of key community stakeholder groups
- Ambassadors between the project and respective groups
Roles and Responsibilities
- Work within the established guiding principles of the project
- Provide input on:
- best methods to reach and engage respective constituencies
- perceptions and feedback received from broader constituencies
- refinements to the project
- Consider the interests of local and wider community
- Participate in open communication among differing parties
- Help move the planning process forward in the spirit of cooperation
- Regularly participate in Community Working Group meetings
- Understand the role of BCHD as a public organization and its regulatory obligations
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