Community Engagement Projects

June 2013 – December 2015 PDC worked with the City of Milpitas to assist in the development of the City’s first-ever Strategic Plan. This multi-year project unfolded over four phases where city workers, city commission members, the chamber of commerce, the school district, faith based organizations, community organizations, and residents were asked to contribute input. The development of the Strategic Plan and four phases proceeded along two parallel tracks; the first community engagement, the second City staff engagement. • PDC engaged over 300 Milpitas community members in aspirational conversations about the future of the City, using a variety of ...
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April 2015 – June 2015 PDC was hired by the San Bruno Community Foundation to conduct a Community Engagement and Listening Campaign as a first step in the Foundation’s strategic planning process to determine how to effectively use the PG&E restitution funds to benefit the entire San Bruno community over the long term. This fast paced, five phase project engaged broad and diverse citizen participation to identify community needs, challenges, and visions for an enhanced quality of life for all San Bruno residents. The goals of the project were to engage the community in the planning process, educate the ...
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December 2017 – June 2019 PDC worked with the City of Santa Clara and the Santa Clara Stadium Authority to conduct a transparent and comprehensive engagement process to hear the community’s views on a variety of issues related to Levi’s Stadium. PDC conducted community interviews, focus groups, community meetings, and utilized online surveys to collect input that was combined with a separate, quantitative survey effort conducted by the Lew Edwards Group. Input was summarized and presented to the Stadium Authority Board to assist them in making policy decisions related to the Stadium ...
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August 2012 – January 2014 The PDC worked with the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (MROSD) to assist with a comprehensive, district-wide community engagement project. Over 1,000 people participated in conversations about how they envision the future of open space across three counties in the San Francisco Bay area. These included focus group discussions with key stakeholders, one-on-one conversations with community members, and online input. A Community Advisory Committee (CAC) was established, consisting of 35 members of the public representing the seven District wards. The CAC was actively involved in collecting community input, as well as analyzing and prioritizing ...
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The Cupertino Community dialogues, our flagship project, began in March of 1996. Over a five-year period community members were engaged in numerous processes to explore a wide spectrum of issues affecting the quality of life in the community. Phase I consisted of a series of discussion groups to elicit concerns, visions, and ideas and to learn what issues were important to community members. Phase II addressed city issues identified in Phase I and consisted of inter-generational interviews and small group dialogues. It culminated with a creative Town Hall Meeting designed to expand the dialogue, explore issues constructively, and engage ...
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