Your Town: Designing Its Future

The "Your Town" workshop focuses on an important aspect of community spirit and community integrity: the process of design. The workshop's aim was specifically to introduce small town and rural technical assistance providers and decision makers to the role of design in community planning. The workshop course material addressed a range of issues in rural community planning. The curriculum focused on the process by which rural communities construct a vision about their future, evaluate natural and cultural assets, and implement decisions about how their community should look and function. The aim was not to promote specific answers to specific questions but, rather, a framework for problem solving. Materials presented were in a highly visual format, principally through slides and maps. The workshop included slide lectures, group discussions, workshops, case-study presentations, and group problem solving on a hypothetical "Your Town." Much of the workshop was accomplished in small groups. Workshop course material included the following topics: Design Changes in Rural America: The forces at Work - An overview of the major forces that are affecting the rural landscape. The Design Process - The process by which design decisions are made and implemented and the key design concepts behind good community planning. Natural & Cultural Resources Inventory & Analysis - how to inventory and evaluate a community's natural and cultural resources. Getting and Managing Design Assistance - Resources for design assistance and the process of assessing design needs and soliciting and managing design assistance. Local Case Study Panels - Success stories in using the design assistance and the process of assessing design needs and soliciting and managing design assistance. Communicating Your Vision - A workshop in graphics techniques and mapping.

What
When	May 31, 2000 from 12:00 AM to 12:00 AM
Where	Nauvoo, AL
Contact Name	University Center for Economic Development, University of Alabama
Contact Phone	205-348-7058 fax: 205-348-7566
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