Interesting Snippets

In the summer of 2011, I helped launch a campaign to increase civic participation in County budget decisions. …We created a Google Form on our website that surveyed residents on about 60 local programs. The response was huge: over 1,000 people filled out the form — over a 20,000% increase in public participation! This simple form gave residents who weren’t able to attend the budget hearing a chance to voice their opinions, something that wasn’t readily available before