PROJECTBUDGET PLANNING

Community engagement strategic plan

Town of Marshville
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Jul 6, 2026
120 days ago
Sector
Community & Outreach
Est. value
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THE 30-SECOND BRIEF

What's planned

In budget talks, staff explained a new one-time $35,000 community engagement strategic planning contract plus $12,000 annually for contracted public information support. These items were flagged as council priorities but not yet tied to a specific vendor in the minutes. Communications firms and civic engagement consultants have an opening to propose a multi-year strategy and day-to-day support to help the town build its new community engagement function.

Background

Community engagement role is distributed across existing staff equivalent to one FTE; external support will augment internal capacity.

From the meeting

Meeting date
July 6, 2026
Agency
Town of Marshville

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