<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Dear colleagues, I am writing to request your assistance in conducting research related to public participation in urban planning and public policy. I am looking for people to interview for my dissertation. The interviews will focus on participants’ direct personal experiences designing and facilitating public participation processes and events. </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">I</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> have already completed numerous interviews, and at this point, </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">I</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> am looking in particular for (1) facilitators/mediators who have worked on public participation processes for urban planning and (2) planners who work for public agencies or private consulting firms but who have not been actively involved in national reform movements in planning.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font face="Verdana"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">My research focuses on the decisions that shape public participation processes and events. My goal is to understand the factors that influence those decisions. More details about the study are in the attached Dissertation Concept Overview </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">–</span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> Planner Choice of Public Involvement Format.</span></font><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Participants must meet two eligibility criteria:</span><o:p></o:p></p><ol start="1" type="1" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Must be currently employed in a planning-related job in the United States (including planning, architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, and facilitation or mediation) and</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Must have influenced decisions about government-sponsored public participation processes/events related to urban planning in the last three years.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Interviews can be conducted over the phone or video conference or in person in Philadelphia and are expected to last approximately 45-60 minutes, with each participant completing two interviews. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">If you are interested in participating in this study, please complete the brief eligibility screening survey at the link below. The screening survey should take less than 10 minutes to complete.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="https://fielding.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2sKuZMb4l0VpdXf" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><span style="color: purple;">https://fielding.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2sKuZMb4l0VpdXf</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Please feel free to pass on this email invitation to anyone you believe may be interested in participating in this study.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Thank you for your interest and assistance!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Sincerely,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Jennifer Hurley, Doctoral Student</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Email: <a href="mailto:jlhurley@hfadesign.com" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">jlhurley@hfadesign.com</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Mobile: 267-971-4598</span></p></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div><br></div><font face="Calibri,Verdana,Helvetica,Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">__________________________<br>
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