The challenge
The award-winning Logan Community Vision was an inclusive, deliberative, democratic and first of its kind project for Logan City Council. The process empowered the people who live and work in the City of Logan to decide on their vision for the future. The Logan Community Vision is the highest strategic document in the organisation, shaping all strategic and operational decisions for the next ten years.
The action
Articulous partnered with Council to lead a community visioning process to help inform Council’s five-year corporate plan and annual budget. The engagement aimed to ensure the shared vision reflected the values, concerns, needs and aspirations of the Logan community and to place the people of Logan at the heart of Council’s decision-making.
The objectives of the project were to deliver a meaningful and equitable engagement process that was representative of the Logan community. Articulous convened a deliberative panel that was a representative sample of the Logan Community. The panel members were tasked with developing a community vision statement that the City of Logan would be proud of and passionate about. This statement was supported by a range of recommended actions to inform future Council operations.
How it happened
Articulous designed and facilitated various engagement methods with stakeholders and the community, including:
- A Focused Conversation series with key community demographic groups such as elderly, CALD leaders, people living with disability, young people and children
- Three community workshops
- Special interest group meetings for community and advocacy groups
Articulous also reviewed feedback gathered in an online survey and complied detailed summary reports from each engagement session.
A deliberative panel was then independently recruited and randomly selected against a set of criteria as a representative sample of the Logan community. The panel met over a three-week period in March 2021. The job of the deliberative panel was to analyse the findings from the previous engagement and work together to develop a draft community vision statement.
The final Logan Community Vision: Logan is a thriving, forward-thinking community, building a smart future by embracing innovation, diversity and equality for all. No matter where you’ve come from, you’re welcome in Logan.
More than 40 members were recruited to represent places (rural and urban residents), gender, age, income, home ownership (owners and renters), ability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and race/ethnicity. Each session was designed and facilitated by Articulous.
A community vision statement was drafted by the deliberative panel and presented to Council. The broader community then had one final opportunity for feedback before the Logan Community Vision was finalised
The outcome
Articulous provided Council with The Logan Vision Report following the conclusion of the project.
The 9 themes of the Logan Community Vision:
- Youth
- Innovation and employment
- Humanity
- Green lifestyles
- Climate change
- Community
- Diversity
- Housing
- Infrastructure
The Logan Community Vision helped inform the development of the Corporate Plan 2021-2026. The Logan Community Vision was awarded Highly Commended in the 2021 IAP2 Core Value Awards for Planning.
2021
IAP2 Core Value Awards for Planning
