News
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NCI to Launch New Training Curriculum in 2020
Published on November 18, 2019
The MSU National Charrette Institute is set to debut their new training curriculum in 2020, which will combine the Core and Advanced courses into one, plus add new content.
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Reminder: NCI offers special for online NCI Charrette System certificate training
Published on November 12, 2019
We are offering a year-end discount for our online-based NCI Charrette System certificate training from now through Dec. 31.
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Register today: NCI, FBCI co-host November webinar on using charrettes to develop form-based codes
Published on November 11, 2019
The MSU National Charrette Institute and the Form-Based Codes Institute are co-hosting a joint webinar in November that will explore how NCI Charrettes can be used to develop a community vision and form-based code.
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NCI, FBCI partner to deliver webinar on using charrettes to develop form-based codes
Published on October 15, 2019
The MSU National Charrette Institute and the Form-Based Codes Institute are partnering to deliver a joint webinar in November that will explore how NCI Charrettes can be used to develop a community vision and form-based code.
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NCI offers special for online NCI Charrette System certificate training
Published on October 8, 2019
If you are looking for a way to stay current during this time period, then NCI has an answer. We are offering a year-end special for our online-based NCI Charrette System certificate training.
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City of Fort St. John uses charrette process to confirm direction for 100 Street corridor design
Published on September 24, 2019
The City of Fort St. John in British Columbia, Canada, like many communities, has struggled with downtown revitalization. In 2015, the City Council adopted the Fort St. John Downtown Action Plan, an ambitious plan to revitalize it’s downtown.
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Consensus Building Institute’s Stacie Smith to speak at SPDC Industry Seminar Series in October
Published on September 18, 2019
Smith, associate managing director and a senior mediator at the Consensus Building Institute will present on “Building Consensus through Collaboration in Difficult Settings and Diverse Communities.”
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Using the NCI charrette process to build trust
Published on August 15, 2019
NCI was awarded an opportunity to work with the National Recreation and Parks Association to develop curriculum for parks and recreation professionals that ties in elements of diversity, equity and inclusion, in part through building trust.
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National Charrette Institute discussed collaboration strategies at CNU 27.Louisville Conference
Published on June 18, 2019
The Congress for New Urbanism hosted their annual conference, CNU 27.Louisville, June 12-15, 2019, in Kentucky.
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National Charrette Institute and MSU Extension provide training to Michigan communities on Opportunity Zones
Published on May 2, 2019
The National Charrette Institute’s Director Holly Madill and Michigan State University Extension educators developed and are hosting a training series on Opportunity Zones.
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MSU Interior Design’s Linda Nubani leads efforts for 50th Annual Environmental Design Research Association Conference
Published on April 18, 2019
Linda Nubani, assistant professor of ID in the SPDC at MSU, was elected as chair-elect of Board of Directors of the Environmental Design Research Association. She was also elected as chair of the Conference Program Committee of its 50th Annual Conference.
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National Charrette Institute and the Consensus Building Institute collaborate to prepare Lakewood, New Jersey to be charrette ready
Published on April 9, 2019
Training practitioners to get ready for a charrette is really important because ill preparation can lead to an unsuccessful charrette process, which not only wastes time and money, but erodes precious social capital.
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NCI expands use of charrettes in applied research to fight crime
Published on March 19, 2019
On Feb. 21-23, 2019, the National Charrette Institute partnered with the City of Lansing, the MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction and MSU Extension on a mini-charrette to fight crime.
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Want to conduct a charrette but not sure where to start? Try NCI’s RFP Co-Writing Workshop
Published on February 19, 2019
Scheduling and conducting a charrette for the first time can feel overwhelming if you’re not sure where to start. It can also be daunting to write a Request for Proposal (RFP) to solicit proposals for a charrette process.
