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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.
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National Charrette Institute is published by prestigious American Planning Association PAS Memo
Published on February 12, 2019
The American Planning Association invited the National Charrette Institute at MSU to write about our charrette process for the Planning Advisory Service’s PAS Memo.
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NCI Year in Review
Published on January 8, 2019
2018 Year in Review for the National Charrette Institute.
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Michigan’s Twin Cities Sustainable Harbor project guided by NCI Charrette Ready Workshop
Published on December 10, 2018
The Twin Cities Harbor conservancy invited Michigan Sea Grant and others to assist the communities with next steps. Partners developed a process based on NCI's Charrette System.
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NCI and MSU Extension host placemaking and charrette mash-up training series in Michigan
Published on November 7, 2018
NCI and MSU Extension partnered together to offer a training series throughout Michigan that aims to create more successful communities through NCI's placemaking process.
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National Charrette Institute taught engagement strategies at Work in the Age of Intelligent Machines Workshop at Michigan State University
Published on October 9, 2018
NCI was asked to create and facilitate a series of interactions during a workshop designed to produce an agenda for research on the social, economic and policy implications of autonomous vehicles and to propose infrastructure to support that research.
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NCI’s Holly Madill guest lectures in MSU School of Planning, Design and Construction classes
Published on June 12, 2018
NCI's Holly Madill introduced undergraduate students to the four types of placemaking: Standard, tactical, creative and strategic in Urban & Regional Planning’s land use planning course.
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NCI’s Holly Madill and MSUE’s Harmony Gmazel co-present session at Michigan Community Development Association Spring Technical Assistance Conference
Published on April 10, 2018
The Michigan Community Development Association hosted their Spring Technical Assistance Conference on March 14, 2018, in East Lansing, MI.
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Faculty from SPDC and NCI conduct local workshop in Downers Grove, IL, with APA and FEMA to address disaster resilience
Published on March 14, 2018
Wayne Beyea, from SPDC and NCI; and Bill Lennertz, from NCI, facilitated a workshop for more than 70 participants on applying digital flood-mapping and risk assessment tools for the Village of Downers Grove, Illinois.
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Woodland County Fair Mall Retrofit Plan guided by NCI charrette process
Published on February 13, 2018
In the Woodland County Fair Mall Retrofit Plan, a group of 20 architects, planners, engineers, attorneys and real estate professionals from all over California assembled for a 4.5 day, volunteer charrette commencing Sept. 29, 2017.
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What’s next for NCI?
Published on January 9, 2018
Last year marked the successful transition of NCI to MSU—continuing NCI’s legacy of high-quality charrette trainings and consulting services. We are looking ahead to 2018 and beyond and making plans for a bright future.
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NCI makes house calls: Train your staff, while planning your projects
Published on December 19, 2017
The NCI can come to you for a customized 2.5-day NCI Charrette System certificate training, and/or a one-day NCI Charrette Management and Facilitation certificate training!
