1. Influence and Impact: Public feedback has an impact on the project decisions and ensures that organizations are not just eliciting feedback from the public as part of a “checklist.” 2. Transparency and Clarity: Trust of government agencies has increased or improved as a result of the engagement processes, and agencies were appropriately transparent about the project. 3. Timing: Community engagement started early enough and was of sufficient length and frequency to be valuable. 4. Inclusion: Community engagement was inclusive and representative of all targeted and affected populations. 5. Targeted Engagement: Community engagement included locations relevant to the targeted and affected populations. 6. Accessibility: Engagement activities used multiple methods for participation With these indicators in mind, the engagement team will use several tools to track and evaluate the effectiveness of community participation for The Stitch Master Plan. The following tools and evaluation analytics help the engagement team to continually improve participation. Based on the gauge of interest and digital impression, the engagement team can identify ineffective strategies and look for new areas of opportunity to reach targeted and underserved populations. 1. Summary Reports: Summary reports will detail community participation activities at each stage of the study and outline the methods used, the comments received, and the number of participants. Summary reports will also detail any complaints received and outline necessary resolutions when applicable. 2. Digital Tools Analytics: For online community engagement activities, electronic tracking can be used to track digital reach, impressions, website visits, and views. Digital tool analytic information will be provided to the engagement team by ADID for analysis. For participation tools, such as press releases, engagement team members will be assigned to monitor activity. 3. Stakeholder Database: The stakeholder database will be a repository to house information on stakeholders involved throughout the study process by track their name, email, phone number, agency, and level of participation.
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