Outsourcing Neighborhood Planning Processes? A Case Study of a Nonprofit in the City of Oklahoma City

Nonprofits are key in local community development and often work in tandem with or against municipal governments in neighborhood planning. We focus on a unique case of a local government that largely contracts neighborhood planning processes to a nonprofit in Oklahoma City. Using thirty-nine interviews with municipal staff, nonprofit employees, and stakeholders, we examine the benefits and consequences of this contracting relationship on participatory processes. The findings reveal that the nonprofit excels at grassroots resident engagement but also faces constraints due to contract benchmarks. The findings offer implications on co-creating subcontractor goals and disparate neighborhood planning service outcomes. Las organizaciones sin fines de lucro son clave en el desarrollo de la comunidad local y, a menudo, trabajan en conjunto con o en contra de los gobiernos municipales en la planificaci & oacute;n de vecindarios. Nos centramos en un caso singular de un local. gobierno que en gran medida contrata procesos de planificaci & oacute;n de vecindarios a una organizaci & oacute;n sin fines de lucro en la ciudad de Oklahoma. Usando 39 entrevistas con personal municipal, empleados sin fines de lucro y partes interesadas, examinamos los beneficios y las consecuencias de esta relaci & oacute;n de contrataci & oacute;n en los procesos participativos. Los hallazgos revelan que la organizaci & oacute;n sin fines de lucro se destaca en la participaci & oacute;n comunitaria de los residentes, pero tambi & eacute;n enfrenta limitaciones debido a los puntos de referencia de los contratos. Los hallazgos ofrecen implicaciones sobre la creaci & oacute;n conjunta de objetivos de subcontratistas y resultados de servicios de planificaci & oacute;n de vecindarios dispares. (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)<Ideographic Full Stop> (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)<Ideographic Full Stop> (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic),(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic) 39 (sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)<Ideographic Full Stop> (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic), (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)<Ideographic Full Stop> (sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)(sic)<Ideographic Full Stop>(sic)(sic)(sic)