Sustainable and Resilient Communities Webinar May 4, 2011, 10:00-11:30 am PDT (1:00-2:30 pm EDT) Note: after live webinar date a recording will be available free for paid participants Overview Stephen Coyle’s new book, Sustainable and Resilient Communities, is a step-by-step action plan for making communities resilient, resourceful, and healthy. The webinar, presented by Stephen and [...]

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The NCI Charrette System™ Certificate training is the foundation of NCI’s educational program. It is a comprehensive look at the three-phase NCI Charrette System™ from project start-up through implementation. Details on key learnings and a training agenda can be found here. This training is applicable to a wide range of project roles and interests, whether [...]

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Last week, Southface, an Atlanta-based environmental advocacy group, put their NCI training into practice running the Edgewood/Candler Park MARTA Transit Oriented Development (TOD) charrette. Last year, Southface and The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) staff hosted NCI for the full week of in-house charrette certificate trainings. NCI then returned to Atlanta to provide on-site coaching throughout [...]

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Our friends at the Better Block are doing some interesting work. The “Better Block” project is a demonstration tool that acts as a living charrette so that communities can actively engage in the “complete streets” buildout process while providing feedback in real time. “Better Blocks” focus on increasing an areas perception of safety, stimulating economic [...]

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No. The NCI Charrette System™, taught in NCI trainings, is really a complete project management process that can be applied to a wide range of project sizes and budgets. A significant amount of time is spent on research, education and charrette preparation in the NCI Charrette System™ Certificate training, which most participants find highly valuable [...]

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May 4, 2011, 10:00-11:30 am PDT (1:00-2:30 pm EDT) Note: after live webinar date a recording will be available free for paid participants Overview Stephen Coyle’s new book, Sustainable and Resilient Communities, is a step-by-step action plan for making communities resilient, resourceful, and healthy. The webinar, presented by Stephen and contributors to the book, will [...]

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NCI has useful resources and tools free for download. Check them out. Request for Proposal Template NCI Charrette Request for Proposal (RFP) Template NCI has developed the first model Request for Proposal (RFP), a general guide for the procurement of services relating to a community planning project that includes a NCI charrette. Presentations Scripted PowerPoint [...]

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No. We do host a number of public and private planners at our trainings but we also have in attendance architects, public officials, landscape architects, facilitators, engineers, public policy analysts, community leaders, and hospital and campus design planners. The NCI Charrette System™ is relevant to a range of project interests and roles. In fact, a [...]

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