I've written in my 'real' blog about how a city would be able to increase civic participation and improve relationship with some sort of event where residents were able to help it out. Turns out Seattle has such a day annually called 'Day of Service' and I participated in it for the first time ever earlier this weekend.
The task was simple: clear out a couple of flowerbeds of all the weeds, and mulch them, but it took a group of seven or eight several hours. To be fair we weren't quite professional or experienced, but still, it's backbreaking work. It could have been better organized: our coordinator didn't show up for 30 minutes after the official time had begun, and there was no central coordination point. Also there were no snacks or water unlike last year, as someone said, but the previous year was sponsored by Amazon which explains everything.
Seattle should collaborate with local companies and organize these events throughout the year, and in more location. If coordinated and organized better, I could see the public participation, and connection to their city, increase quite a lot. Better public outreach would help too.
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