Common Ground for the Common Good
Our office released Common Ground for the Common Good – a report laying bare the troubled state of Washington’s body politic. It synthesizes the conversations of six roundtables hosted by Lt. Governor Heck this summer in communities across the state, bringing forth shared concerns for the current state of our civic health.
This report served as the basis of the conversation at the Project for Civic Health Summit on October 19 – a group effort by our office, the University of Washington's Evans School, the William D. Ruckelshaus Center, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation. Over 200 elected officials, community, and business leaders had come together to discuss the problems addressed in the report and work on policy ideas to strengthen Washington’s civic health.
Project for Civic Health Summit Proceedings
The Civic Health Summit was hosted using participatory design-based practices that are simple yet impactful to ensure that each conversation supported the purpose of the engagement. Our hosting team provided participants template sheets to document, internalize, and reflect on the information shared on their table.
Our office has now released Project for Civic Health Summit Proceedings — a report following the review of each table’s documents that helped identify underlying patterns that may shape future actions.