New Ways For Community Engagement In Kansas City

Press release from the City of Kansas City:

May 18, 2020

We have launched two new, easy to use ways for our residents to give us feedback and to be involved in policymaking and planning. We are doing this to meet the challenges of staying apart, while still working together to move the city forward.

First, we want your ideas for the best ways to bounce back from the COVID-19 crisis. How can we make sure our city is stronger next year? We are gathering your policy ideas on a new, interactive platform called LawMaker. Visit the LawMaker site now to sign up, and the policy questions will be activated on June 1, 2020. Then, you’ll have one month to take part in the policy challenge. The city is partnering with LawMaker as a pilot, to help determine if this will become our new virtual town hall for policy-making.

“We’re pleased to partner with LawMaker to create a transparent and public forum for civic engagement in Kansas City,” Mayor Quinton Lucas said. “I encourage all Kansas Citians with ideas on issues ranging from COVID recovery to delivery of basic services to building a more equitable community to submit their thoughts.Community ideas big and small have helped build Kansas City and we look forward to crafting Kansas City’s next chapter together. I look forward to reviewing these ideas with my City Council colleagues.”

Another way to help us with planning the future of Kansas City is to visit playbook.kcmo.gov, the virtual space to gather your feedback as we create a new Comprehensive Plan. Visit now to take a short survey. Plus, you can sign up to participate in future activities. Our comprehensive plan will set priorities and guide the next two decades of development across our city. We are calling it the KC Spirit Playbook, and we want you to get in the game with us.

These platforms are part of our SpeakEasy KC community engagement efforts. So, speak easy KC, because being heard shouldn’t be hard.

For more information, contact Chris Hernandez, Communications Director, at or 816-513-3474.

This press release was produced by the City of Kansas City. The views expressed here are the author’s own.