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What better cause is there for a charrette than the post-disaster period when recovery planning must be done quickly? Post-disaster work involves lots of stakeholders, each with their individual missions who must now work in concert to assist the community in their recovery and rebuilding. The NCI Charrette System™ kick-starts the rebuilding effort through a [...]

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Vancouver, BC Early Registration Discounts End this Friday, 8/12 Come to beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia this September and gain both NCI certificates. This is the last opportunity to take both the NCI Charrette System™ and Charrette Management and Facilitation™ certificate trainings on the west coast this year. The courses will be held at TransLink headquarters [...]

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I just returned from a week-long charrette in the village of Al Aqaba in the Palestine West Bank to design new houses for very poor, displaced, and infirm families, some living as multiple families in a small home, and to develop a Village Plan for its long term growth from a tiny hamlet subject to [...]

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We will charrette debrief this afternoon, sequestered in a delightful old Danish House (DHIP) that a young Danish/US/Palestinian couple operate with their two children. I took an early morning run along a ridge line, partly lined with ostentatious homes that must belong to the wealthier Ramallahians. I found what could almost pass for park – [...]

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Day Seven (Friday) The charrette ended last night except for a final presentation of the Village Plan to the mayor and remaining team; the sensitive nature of planning in a militarily controlled area subject to be demolished, which, of course he really liked but would like control of the land even better. We included, besides [...]

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