Commissioner Murman’s guest column appeared in Sunday’s Tampa Tribune, and TBO online:
Commentary
Sandra Murman: Help shape Hillsborough’s transportation future
Published: February 15, 2015
Beginning this week, residents, businesses and organizations throughout Hillsborough County have multiple opportunities to actively participate in creating transportation plans in their neighborhoods and the broader community.
Known as GO Hillsborough, this countywide public engagement effort is designed to better understand transportation needs at a grassroots level, to explore options that make sense and to help our community weigh in on some important and likely tough choices.
Each of these 36 sessions is designed to be highly participatory and interactive and will build upon the previous one. There will be informational displays and stations arranged to facilitate meaningful discussions between members of the community and local government leaders and staff.
In addition, online engagement channels include Facebook, Twitter, an I-Neighborhood Project App, and a dedicated telephone number to receive comments from the public.
Whether you’ve lived here your entire life or moved here and raised your family, this is your community, and we need your voice.
Although our GO Hillsborough team has expertise in all modes of transportation, we have no preconceived notions or plans for Hillsborough County. We are — together — creating recommendations that reflect consensus around a community transportation plan all of us can be proud of, support and help implement — a plan that will make a positive difference in your everyday life.
Please join us at any and all of these meetings. Also, join us online, www.GoHillsborough.org, on Facebook, Twitter and our specially designed I-Neighborhood Project App. Or call in during one of the four telephone town hall meetings we will host, or leave a comment at 813-274-6922.
Let’s GO Hillsborough! And get our community headed in the right direction!
Sandra L. Murman is a Hillsborough County commissioner.
