The planning process was guided by a 14 member Steering Committee that met monthly. The Citizen's League was hired to assist in the design and implementation of the public participation process. Legislation directed that regional listening sessions and use of Web site survey tools be used. 17 public workshops were conducted around the state. The Citizen's League developed an online public policy development platform called Citizing that was used for obtaining on line input and hosting conversation about plan issues. Six meetings with ethnic and minority groups were held to obtain perspectives from groups that did not attend the workshops. An extensive youth and young adult outreach effort was made. Seven workgroups served as advisory for development of the recommendations.