Follow-up from Session 2 - exercises and feedback

The commitment of participants at both of the first two sessions has been great. We've tabulated some of the inputs from the opening and break-time exercises as well as reviewed all of the evaluation forms we've received so far.

It's Fall - I can feel the "back-to-school" excitement in the air!

September has always seemed like an extra new year to me - a second chance to keep some of those resolutions and get organized, make time to learn new things, find a new pencil and sharpener and lay down some ideas on fresh paper.

The idea of a civic education series started a few years ago. We looked at the kinds of information other cities provide to their residents, how civic literacy is taught by other levels of government and around the world, and we started to developed our plan. We soon realized we could spend every one of the next hundred evenings discussing how cities work, how decisions are made and the roles within local government - because issues, economies, communities, ideas and more, are always changing.

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