The National Charrette Institute Community Forum is a blog written and overseen by NCI staff members Bill Lennertz, Aarin Lutzenhiser and Heidi Haberbush.

This forum is a place for discussion, shared learning and problem solving for those interested in charrettes around the world. We welcome your feedback and personal experiences in the comments. We encourage you to email (use the contact/submit page) your questions, “war stories,” and success stories. We will post them with our own comments and leave them open for public comment.

For more information on the National Charrette Institute, our products and trainings, visit us at www.charretteinstitute.org.

The National Charrette Institute (NCI) is an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit educational institution.

We teach professionals and community leaders the NCI Charrette System, a design-based, accelerated, collaborative project management system that harnesses the talents and energies of all interested parties to create and support a feasible plan.

We advance the fields of community planning and public involvement through research, publications and facilitation.