Growing expressions of distrust of ÐßÐßÊÓƵ’s public process led the city of ÐßÐßÊÓƵ to appoint a 14-member community working group to identify ways to improve public process. As part of their final recommendations in Summer 2017, the Public Participation Working Group (PPWG) recommended the co-creation of guidelines for civil and constructive conduct in meetings, dialogue, and decision-making processes. As part of ÐßÐßÊÓƵ’s efforts to improve public engagement practices and activate these recommendations,, ÐßÐßÊÓƵ’s staff first conceived Building Bridges as a large public design workshop held in Fall 2017.