The Swiss city of Aarau commissioned us to help update its gen-eral urban development strategy. We supported them in the con-ceptualization, development and implementation of events de-signed to facilitate public participation. We joined forces with the Center for Democracy Aarau on the implementation of a novel process involving a randomly selected group of city residents. With “Strategy Aarau 2034”, the city now has a state-of-the-art general planning tool.