We’re excited to announce that NCI is a member of the Project for Public Spaces (PPS) team that has received a grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical assistance to communities seeking to implement sustainable and smart growth development and programs. Through this program NCI will be available to provide free technical [...]

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November 16, 2011, 10:00-11:30 am PST (1:00-2:30 pm EST) Note: after live webinar date a recording will be available Register today at: https://shop.charretteinstitute.org/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=WEB5-11 Overview Stephen Coyle’s new book, Sustainable and Resilient Communities, presents a step-by-step action plan for making communities resilient, resourceful, and healthy. This webinar will focus on stormwater (aka rainwater). Presented by Stephen [...]

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By Bill Lennertz for Planning magazine, October 2011 There is a saying that a charrette will succeed so long as people show up. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done because planners have always struggled to fill public meetings with people who represent all community viewpoints. Now new tools and strategies are getting a good result [...]

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The Al Aqaba West Bank Charrette Booklet, an account based roughly on my daily blog, is now available.  I was the sole designer/planner so I enlisted assistance from my eclectic group to draw the village plan by hand.  The house designs were developed primarily by a Ramallah architect, Hani Hassen, who attended much of the [...]

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