CNU 20: The New World Conference – May 9-12, West Palm Beach, FL Charrettes and the Next Generation of Public Involvement Session Shrinking budgets, social media, tea party obstruction… it’s time to take another look at charrettes and public involvement. Come hear the latest field wisdom from the veterans. Panelists: Andres Duany, Gianni Longo, Hazel Borys, [...]

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NCI’s Bill Lennertz is joining Geoffrey Ferrell from Ferrell Madden for the second in a series of “People, Places and Placemaking Trainings” for Michigan State staff. The Michigan State Housing Development Authority organized the training. David Brain, NCI faculty and board member, is conducting a NCI Charrette System™ in-house training for the Dover/Kent County Metropolitan [...]

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We invite you to participate in an in depth training on collaborative planning in DC this June. The NCI Charrette System™ training will provide you with a systemized process for involving all stakeholders and community members in planning projects. This case study-based training features hands-on learning in high-tech tools for distance participation and meeting facilitation [...]

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A charrette is an intensive planning and design-based engagement process covering the vital period before projects are finalised or built, to produce masterplans where everyone feels that they have had a constructive input. The charrette’s proven three-step design and engagement process can be customised for many different planning, urban design and development projects. Well known [...]

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CNU Cascadia Regional Summit: Envisioning Resilient Communities, March 16th, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA. Join us for educational sessions, keynote presentation by Prof. Patrick Condon and expert panel, and tours of Downtown Bothell and Seattle Waterfront. For more nformation and registration see here. CNU Cascadia Low Carbon Neighborhoods Micro-Charrette: Participatory Workshop on the Seattle 2030 [...]

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NCI conducted a three-day training at the World Bank in D.C. this month. Participants included World Bank staff working in Bangladesh, Vietnam, Uganda and other developing countries. We spent considerable time in this training adapting and customizing the NCI Charrette System™ for these unique contexts where politics and corruption challenge true collaboration. The participants at [...]

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We thought you may be interested in this grant opportunity. Let me know if you choose to apply. NCI is available to provide training and facilitation support for your projects. Please contact Bill Lennertz, NCI’s Executive Director at bill@charretteinstitute.org or 503-233-8486 ext 1# RFP now available for Local Sustainability Matching Fund Deadline March 5, 2012 [...]

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We have scholarships for the NCI Charrette System™ Training and the NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation™ Certificate trainings. These are only offered for our Portland, OR, Washington, DC and Vancouver, BC trainings. You may apply for just the NCI Charrette System™ Training or for both trainings in the same week. Please note that the NCI [...]

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Havana Urban Design Charrette: 19-25 February 2012. Havana Study Tour: 26 February – 3 March. 2012. INTBAU Cuba and INTBAU Scandinavia invite you to the 2012 Havana Urban Design Charrette. The 2012 International Charrette will build on our work from 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. International architects and planners are invited to join Cuban [...]

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Below are links to two recent articles describing how charrettes are making a difference in healthcare. Dougal Hewitt, Senior Vice President for Bon Secours Richmond Health System writes about the East End Neighborhood Charrette in Richmond, VA where Bon Secours literally took facility planning outside the walls of the hospital. Joanna Lombard and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, [...]

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