From community consultation to construction without losing the plot
Translating engagement outputs into a deliverable brief — trade-offs explained early, not at the fence line.
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Community projects fail politely when engagement promises do not match maintenance reality. We prefer to surface trade-offs while memories of the drop-in session are fresh.
A single “decisions log” — even a simple table — helps boards and councils defend choices to funders and neighbours.
Our approach page describes how we structure discovery; this note is the short version for groups about to move from ideas to funded scope.
Published 22 August 2025 · All news