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Rebuild Trust in Your Town: A Simple Plan
Residents need to trust their local leaders. Here’s how to build that trust. How to Do It: 1. Be Transparent: Share budgets, decisions, and project updates online. 2. Listen Actively: Run surveys, hold office hours, or offer “Ask Me Anything” sessions. 3. Follow Through: Share back what you have learned and steps you’re taking. 4. Own Mistakes: Admitting errors builds credibility and willingness to help. 5. Celebrate Successes: Highlight new approaches, progress, and community wins. Why It Works: • People trust leaders who are honest, consistent, and gather feedback from the community. • Open communication prevents rumors and misinformation. • Showing results proves that leadership is effective. Need support? Cobalt Community Research, a national 501(c)(3), strengthens local leadership with data, surveys, and geofencing insights. Better data, better leadership. Cobalt’s Budget Planning Engagement Study helps municipalities find new revenue opportunities, prioritize spending, and build a resilient financial strategy. The data give you clarity and confidence to make tough budget decisions while maintaining essential services. Join the waitlist and take the first step toward a more sustainable fiscal future. Join our Waitlist Visit us at www.Cobalt360.org. For more information on how Cobalt can help you adapt and thrive in the changing demographic, economic and social environment, visit the Cobalt website or reach out to us by email. Let us know if you need anything at all for benchmarking or research data; we are here for you.
Cobalt Community Research is a national 501c3 nonprofit, non-partisan coalition that helps local governments, schools and membership organizations measure, benchmark, and affordably engage communities through high-quality metrics, mobile geofencing data, surveys, and dynamic population segmentation. Cobalt combines big data with local insights to help organizations thrive as changes emerge in the economic, demographic and social landscape. Explore how we can help. |
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