A fast, fun, and tactile activity was created to engage Charlotte residents about their vision for the city, often outside of the formal structure of a workshop or meeting. The activity was designed with minimal text, large graphics and a simple, hands-on approach, to help attract participants, particularly for those pop-up events that asked Charlotteans in their day-to-day tasks to take the time to weigh in. The pop-up activity was held at 16 locations around the city and over 680 people provided feedback.

The visioning portion of the activity had participants rate their preference of 13 “values” identified as the top priorities in previous engagement efforts. Each value was represented with an icon and a title and participants placed sticker dots next to their top three choices or wrote in a value they thought was missing.