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I did, however, participate in SpeakUp Winnipeg's second public event -- the four-day "city-building charrette" which took place at the art gallery in late June. I attended an afternoon visioning workshop in which 60 of us discussed what we liked and didn't like about a series of photos taken at various Winnipeg locations before voting on 80 individual slides using little electronic devices. All in all, it was a fairly cool experience.
Things have slowed down somewhat for the summer, although an eight-member mobile team dubbed the SpeakUp Squad is apparently roaming the streets until the end of August. Recruited through the University of Manitoba's city planning program, the team will be showing up at major events and venues around Winnipeg, asking citizens about "what's working, what isn't, what has to change, and how we should get started making these changes."Since its debut, I've been monitoring both its content -- diverse, frequently informative, occasionally amusing -- and the rate at which people are participating -- surprisingly low, given that it's tailor-made for anonymous bitching about the city's faults, which you'd think would bring out the haters in droves.See the full content of this document
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Speakup Now or Forever Hold Your Piece
It would be overly generous to suggest the city's SpeakUp Winnipeg initiative has gained much in the way of momentum since its inception, well-meaning though the efforts of its organizers may be. But that'...
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