The topic of social media’s role in public planning processes is a hot one. NCI continues to research and present on the topic as we did at the annual Congress for the New Urbanism in June where Bill Lennertz of NCI and Ken Snyder of PlaceMatters spoke on “Hi-Tech, Hi-Touch Public Meeting Facilitation Tools for [...]
Entries from November 2009
Tweet, Flick, Whatever: More Help or More Noise?
November 11th, 2009 · Comments Off
Categories: Communications/PR · Public Participation · Social Media · Stakeholders
NEW 2009 NCI Best Practices Report
November 10th, 2009 · Comments Off
This year’s NCI Best Practices Report focuses on Sustainable Community Charrettes. In the summer of 2008, NCI hosted a curriculum development summit in Chicago at the offices of Farr Associates. The purpose of the summit was to critique and revise the NCI Charrette System to address the unique requirements of sustainable community planning. Participating were [...]
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NCI Awarded Federal Transit Administration Grant
November 6th, 2009 · Comments Off
NCI is proud to announce that we have been awarded a Federal Transit Administration (FTA) grant. NCI and Reconnecting America will partner to create the NCI Charrette System Guide for Transit Oriented Development (TOD). TODs are complex and challenging projects to plan and implement. Although much has been written on TOD case studies, as well [...]
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