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St�ategic Initiative: Community Building and Communication Engage our neighborhoods as partners with the common goal of Strate�ic Goals improving the community's health, safety and well being • Coordinate three Neighborhood Liaison workshops, by December Build relationships and 2010. lcvcragc community partncrships Three training workshops were offered to the Neighborhood Liaisons, Neighborhood Association Co-Chairs, and other interested community a �f� - ' _ y members from July to November 2010. �p`� " -E �� Topics were: forming a neighborhood � I � �'� '-n� �ra watch, code enforcement, and Fostcr mcaningful ' ` _ �� RethinkWaste volunteer training. communit`� � � � � cngagcmcnt and �'�'�� Approximately 200 residents attended the .� three workshops. Objective Completed. participation Looking to the Futu1'e Prescrvc and promotc our cultural, Community Building and Communication will continue to be a critical cducational,cconomic, initiative, part of the foundation on which this organization and the and recrcational community are built. City staff recognizes this initiative as a key element divcrsit`�and historic in carrying out Redwood City's Core Purpose of Building a Great hcritagc Community Together. In light of ongoing budget reductions and the overall economy, Raisc public awarcncss partnering with the community is more critical than ever, and it's also through incrcascd essential for neighbors to communicate with and help one another and communications and their communities, as noted in the Mayor's "Call to Action." The City's cngagcmcnt community building and communications activities are significant strategic functions for engaging the community as partners with the City, and in connecting neighbors with neighbors. Redwood City's community building and communications play a role in Engagc our residents' perceptions and attitudes — the recent neighborhood survey ncighborhoods as shows there is a strong sense of community among residents, and a partncrs with thc solid level of satisfaction with City services — including an acceptance common goal of improving thc and tolerance of necessary reductions in those services. The survey communit`�'s hcalth, also indicates residents have a fairly strong sense of optimism about safct`�, and wcll bcing the future, which is both gratifying and encouraging.