The Institute for Local Government has created and collected stories that illustrate successful public engagement efforts in local public decision making on a variety of topics. Refer to the key below to find a story by city, county or topic area.

The following map has been coded by the following topic areas:

• Purple: Broadening Participation
• Orange: Difficult Situation in Public Engagement
• Green: Planning, Housing and Sustainability
• Dark Blue: Budgeting
• Aqua Blue: Health and Human Services
• Red: Reentry, Emergency Preparedness and Public Safety
• Brown: Public Works
• Black: Online Public Engagement & Technology
• Gray: Sustaining Public Engagement
• Counties are indicated by a square.
• Cities are indicated by a star.