Welcome to Avondale Connect

View the homepage of Avondale Connect to see the current projects!

We are excited to announce the launch of Avondale Connect (www.AvondaleConnect.org), an innovative online engagement platform that allows residents to provide direct input into the local government's decision-making process.

The city is making public participation easier for residents by using Avondale Connect. Officials will post questions directly to residents on Avondale Connect’s website, where residents can answer and comment on them.

The City of Avondale, AZ, maintains the community's quality of life by investing in infrastructure, parks, road improvements, city buildings, and more through multiple projects around the city. This site provides details, important dates, and reminders on various projects that affect you and your neighbors.

Check out the video overview!

https://youtu.be/HWMYOgNJM3E(External link)

FAQs

Check out the right-hand side of this page for frequently asked questions and their answers!

Register Now

While you can peruse all the project pages and this site without registering for an account, we do ask that you create an account (takes 30 seconds!) to participate on the site through the many engagement tools we're using.

We want Avondale Connect to be a safe and productive place for you to learn about what's going on around Avondale, and also to provide your ideas, concerns, questions, and feedback. Social media is great for blasting a message out there, but not great for empowering productive conversations on specific issues or projects.

By asking you to register we not only encourage accountability and a safe place in the forums and engagement tools, but we're also better able to capture your feedback in a way that the Staff can use to make decisions and then communicate back to you.

How We Engage

Every project is different. We will use varying levels of engagement to collaborate with our community, and we expect that as we learn more about what works, we will revise the tools we use for engagement.

Avondale Connect has four basic levels of engagement and various tools that will be used intermittently between those levels. These range from the basic distribution of information to continued partnerships with community members. To ensure we set and meet expectations, look for the symbols below on each project to see how you can get involved. Remember, as projects happen, engagement opportunities come and go.

Engagement levels	The overall strategy to guide public engagement in projects. Below are the descriptions for the levels of engagement:
	INFORM Give information to the community.
	CONSULT Acquire feedback from the community.
	INVOLVE Community input and feedback influence the process.
	COLLABORATE Work together to form solutions and integrate advice into the final decision.

So keep an eye out for your chance to participate!

Specifically, the City wants to know how residents prefer to receive messages about future engagement initiatives.

The City of Avondale asks residents for their input on civic engagement initiatives.