Countywide Community Forums was approved by a unanimous vote of the King County Council on September 7, 2007 after 80,000 signatures were submitted as part of Initiative 24. Since then, CCF has held four rounds of forums across King County where citizens carefully considered important issues (transportation, budget choices, strategic planning, and public safety), discussed their different perspectives and then provided quantified feedback to the county via our trademarked Opinionnaire® survey tool. Round 5 is scheduled to run for six weeks beginning in mid-April. The topic will be Trust in Government, Public Engagement and Customer Service. More details coming soon.

The historical website for Initiative 24 is still available at this link and just below are a few of the articles about the initiative which appeared in various area publications.

Seattle Magazine

• August, 2007 — Profile: Community Involver

Seattle P-I

• September 4, 2007 — County Council backs volunteer advisory panel

• August 18, 2007 — 'Talking Citizens' initiative qualifies for November ballot

• June 5, 2007 — Getting citizens talking is goal of this initiative

Seattle Times

• September 5, 2007 — Co-founder of Dick's to fund citizen groups

• June 6, 2007 — Noted restaurateur's initiative seeks more citizen involvement