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Gaining community acceptance

13 Jun 2006

Effective Use of the Media: The media is an effective tool informing the public and combating NIMBY • Maintain regular contact with the media through news releases or articles to ensure the project is “front and centre” in the mind of the community. [...] The interviews with community contacts involved establishing what role they played with the project and then conducting an extensive interview that: • Reviewed project background and the interviewee’s contribution; • Established the basic level of their understanding of NIMBY and the role it played in the project; • Identified key stakeholders; • Described the community problem-solving and plannin [...] Some believed that clients of the project would be “a hazard to kids in the adjacent park.” The NDHS dropped the idea of expanding the house. [...] The first was the result of the objections to expanding the existing four- unit house. [...] The proponent’s process: The NDHS held information sessions with the mayor, city council and the police board about the necessity of the project.
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