Community engagement is a foundational step in any disaster recovery process. When reimagining the Rogue Valley in the aftermath of the fires, it is important to bring stakeholders together, create partnerships with the public through feedback loops, and establish agreed-upon expectations for the future.

The twenty-one Recovery Projects were derived directly from the highest-ranked and most often mentioned comments from residents and stakeholders.

These potential Recovery Projects were then reviewed and approved through the Preference Polling process. A variety of engagement tools and methodologies were launched at different stages throughout the creation of this R-LTRP in order to widen the engagement reach, establish feedback loops as the plan progressed, and accommodate multiple potential barriers for engagement (including, but not limited to, technology barriers, time barriers, language barriers, etc.). These tools included:

• Surveys (Online & Printed)

• Community Meetings (Virtual & In-Person)

• Idea Wall (Online)

• Interactive Map (Online)

• Preference Polling (Virtual & In-Person)

• Hello Lamp Post Phone Polling (Text Bot)