Lorain Housing Assessment Build Session
Mon, Sep 23
|Online via Zoom
Join us for a Build Session to discuss the city of Lorain's comprehensive housing strategy and co-create solutions to address our most urgent housing needs. This session will be held virtually over Zoom.
Time & Location
Sep 23, 2024, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Online via Zoom
Guests
About the event
What is a Build Session?
A Build Session is an interactive workshop designed to brainstorm, prioritize, and build solutions. Some refer to sessions like these as “working sessions” or “focus groups.” We call them Build Sessions to emphasize the focus on moving past talking about opportunities or issues and toward building actions. Through this process, we engage stakeholders who know the issues best and are likely to be involved in implementation. This is key to developing realistic actions and gaining buy-in from key stakeholders.
What to Expect?
The build session centers around facilitated brainstorming, followed by organizing ideas and defining potential partners and desired outcomes. Participants will have the opportunity to choose from a series of topics, such as addressing homelessness in Lorain or increasing availability of affordable housing. Relevant data and information will be presented to inform conversation, and facilitators will be on-hand in case conversation stalls or…