Community Conversations
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Community ConversationsWhat Minnesotans Had to Say
Cities, Services and Funding project of the League of Minnesota Citieswith support from The Bush Foundation’s InCommons initiative
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What is the League?
Membership organization 832 of 853 Minnesota cities are members Provides information and guidance to
council members, mayors, and city staff www.lmc.org
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Background
“Cities, Services & Funding” project Broader thinking, better solutions
Gather ideas and opinions of Minnesotans about the future of cities Community Conversations
Development of guidance and new policy options for cities and the State
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Community Conversation sites
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Who helped make the conversations happen?
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Community Conversation topics
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City services today
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Future city services
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Cuts to services
Participants are reluctant to cut services Instead, they want cities to do things
differently Volunteers Partnerships with other cities Private sector relationships
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Doing things in new ways
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Volunteering to provide services
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Should the state spend money ensuring quality services throughout Minnesota?
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Should non-residents pay for services?
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Do you prefer fees or taxes?
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What do you think about sales taxes?
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Values to keep in mind
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What do you think?
General reactions? Surprises? Comments? Questions?
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Next steps
Get involved!! Websites to learn more:YOUR CITY WEBSITE!!!www.youtube.com/citiesmatterwww.citiesmatter.orgwww.community-conversations.orgwww.lmc.org
Thank you!