Oshkosh leaders could learn from City of Fond du Lac

For years many of us have been saying if you want public buy-in, you need to include the public in your discussions. And for years, developers and City of Oshkosh leaders themselves have chosen, in most cases, not to include citizens in the process, unless something was required – and that wasn’t very often. Other cities have included their citizens in community development discussions for years. Now the City of Fond du Lac is taking community input one step further.

According to this article in the Fond du Lac Reporter city leaders will hold four Visioning Workshops next month to find out what residents would like to see in Fond du Lac in the next 20 years, no matter how large-scale or off the wall they may be. According to the article, Community Development Director Wayne Rollin said officials decided to give people more say in the process since new developments will affect them. "It's very important that people be involved in the Comprehensive Planning process," he said. It would be a good day for Oshkosh citizens if our city leaders felt the same way. Maybe some day they will.