A core intention of the Portland 2.0 project is to nudge the civic discourse into considering how the Portland region governs itself, how things do or don’t get done, and the capacity of our “civic infrastructure” as a shared endeavor of citizens and leaders to shape and achieve “what’s next” in pursuit of a community of broadly shared opportunity.
The group of 3-dozen workshop participants will be a rich resource, individually and as a group, for forums such as City Club and for the leadership training programs of other organizations. They will be recognized as civic thought leaders with knowledge and perspective that makes what they do more effective and informed as civic leaders.
In the workshops the group will produce a summary report responding to the following questions:
- Based on what came out of the kickoff event and other sources, what is our assessment of the state and direction of our “civic infrastructure”? Do we need changes in our politics, our institutional arrangements, our “citizen participation” practices?”
- What should we change about forms of governance, roles and relationships among governments, of citizens and governments, of roles and relationships of the business community and the civic sector?
- How do we go about making changes in our “civic infrastructure”? Can we put together an overall strategy?