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Giving Downtown a New Look

May 4th, 2011

The folks in Huron get it. Downtown is an important part of a community’s ecosystem; it’s density makes it suited for entertainment and pedestrians, it’s architecture and history makes it interesting, and it’s location, well, means its proximate to everything. So, when’s the last time you gave your downtown a second thought? The folks in Huron did just that this last week during a design:SD event in their community. What is design:SD? Design:SD is a partnership between the American Institute of Architects, South Dakota Chapter, and the Rural Learning Center. Its goal is to share the importance of design with small towns that don’t typically have access to or resources for design professionals. We introduce a community to design through a three day charrette, or intense period of design. A group of 12-16 design team members (architects, landscape architects, community planners, and community development folks) spend time first learning from and then responding to needs identified by the community. The culmination of the design:SD visit is a presentation of visual design boards to the community. Designing Downtown Huron

The design charrette in Huron took place last week, April 27-29. Local leaders have been working with John Seward, University of Nebraska graduate student in Community and Regional Planning, to develop a master plan for the downtown. The charrette was an opportunity to bring the broader community into that conversation and look at specific design solutions that need to be addressed in the master plan. The needs identified by the community included a desire for downtown to a vibrant and fun place to be, where unique shops and restaurants provide entertainment. Creating safe pedestrian access despite the speed and amount of traffic that is routed through their downtown (Dakota Avenue is also Highway 37). The team also learned about the large scale events and attractions that bring visitors to town, but fail to bring those same potential shoppers downtown. Lastly, concern about vacancy and care of buildings downtown was highlighted on a walking tour. Note: many more needs and ideas surfaced, this is a broad stroke summary for efficiency’s sake. Downtown Solutions The design team generated a host of potential solutions for the community to consider. Vacancy rates and care of buildings might be related to lack of support for entrepreneurs. Pedestrian safety can be emphasized with a streetscape that encourages cars to slow down. And the creation of an identity for downtown can be reinforced with signage linking visitors to downtown from other main community attractions. Those ideas and more are expressed in the visual boards produced by the design team for the community of Huron. Take a look at the presentation below to check out how the ideas were captured in design boards. And, if you’d like to learn more about how Huron is responding to the ideas, check out their Facebook page.

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Most conversations follow a similar pattern; people are glad to hear that something is happening in a rural place. Paul said it's prompted him to listen for media patterns related to rural, and indicated that about 25% of the time rural towns are described as sleepy.

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The movie, as I'm sure you remember, involves a young girl named Dorothy who dreams she has landed in the Land of Oz, far from her Kansas home. She travels down a yellow brick road to Emerald City after she is advised by the good witch of the east that the Wizard of Oz can return her to her home. She meets all kinds of characters along the way, while trying to avoid the wicked witch of the west.

Dorothy meets three characters as she travels down the yellow brick road-the scarecrow, tin man, and lion are on their way to visit the Wizard of Oz as well. They are each seeking something they lack: the scarecrow needs a brain, the tin man a heart, and the lion needs courage.

What does this have to do with reimagining rural?

I have never analyzed the Wizard of Oz story line as a metaphor, but as I've thought about it lately, I think it shares an important lesson about leadership. Our rural communities need leaders who have wisdom, heart and courage. What's best is, like the characters in the film, we have leaders who already possess these traits-it's just a matter of discovering and nurturing them.

I think it's also provides an easy way we can look at team or committee building in our small towns. For your next community project, look specifically for three (or more) people who have the wisdom, heart and courage it will take to get your particular project accomplished. And, I would bet that if we look at previous successful projects, we'll find that those three characteristics were all a part of making things happen.

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The four partners that make up The Original Kimball Popcorn Ball LLC made their decision to pursue a business opportunity based on some market demand information and previous business experience. But what if the future entrepreneurs in your community don't have that information? What would it take to help them make a successful leap into popcorn ball making, buy Protonix from canada, Protonix in india, gear box remanufacturing or hair styling?

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The town of Harrisonburg, VA has started something called the Harrisonburg Summits to create intentional opportunities for public conversation around important issues facing the community. The idea in and of itself isn't new. What puts it over the top, in my mind, is the use of Open Space Technology.

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I first learned about Open Space Technology at an Art of Hosting training sponsored, in part, by the Rural Learning Center. The RLC understands that conversation, and the ability to host conversation, is a critical need in our rural communities. Open Space is one tool we use to do that. At its most basic, Open Space is a facilitation process that allows meeting participants to create the agenda around a specified topic based on what's most important to the people in the room. Several conversations are hosted at one time, and people can choose to participate in whichever is most interesting to them. There is a lot more to it, but the premise that it genuinely allows the voices of those in the room to influence the outcome is most important here. This is vital if your goal is to engage people both in conversation, and then in the work that follows.

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Monday was the official launch of the Pepin-Stockholm Community Dialogue Project, and I was privileged to be a part of that start. Sharing how dialogue transformed our community is just one of the ways we can help rural communities as they begin to reimagine their rural places.

I am excited for Pepin. The people there care deeply about their community (as evidenced by a great turnout of the "Key Communicators") and realize that talking and listening to each other about their future is the first step.

The presentation slides from the presentation, in addition to narrative about key concepts, are below.

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The experience always leaves me with new impressions, ideas, Mazindol to buy, Where can i order Mazindol without prescription, and hopes. Project Hill City was no different. Below is an unedited, incomplete, where can i buy cheapest Mazindol online, Online buy Mazindol without a prescription, and completely biased view of my impressions in Hill City. I hope my mates will fill in where I'm off track.

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The folks in Hill City continually shared that preserving the "feel" of Hill City was top priority. Naming what that feeling is was a bit more difficult; everything from unique character, charm, buy Mazindol no prescription, Mazindol gel, ointment, cream, pill, spray, continuous-release, extended-release, history, arts, Mazindol medication, Mazindol in mexico, natural beauty, and the list goes on.

The point is, buy Mazindol online without a prescription, Mazindol paypal, there was something special to capture about Hill City that is different than the next community, but that each community has (or should develop) that same sense. Figuring out how to put words to it will help you make decisions regarding your community brand and design.

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During our learning studio, where can i buy cheapest Mazindol online, Mazindol medication, we heard that some Hill City residents desired an events center: a place where people could be housed and entertained in one convenient location.

What the design team realized is that Hill City is already an events center. Adding a separate events center (likely to be located on the fringes of the community or out of the city limits altogether) may actually detract from the culture Hill City is trying to create. Our recommendation is to use existing places and spaces to meet the needs of events that will be held in Hill City, purchase Mazindol online no prescription. Mazindol pills,

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Who are you going to plan for. Understanding how residents and tourists use your community differently may help guide a comprehensive plan. One example is of this is shared in the video below, buy Mazindol online no prescription. Order Mazindol online overnight delivery no prescription,

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Design Impacts Community

Hill City has been able to reinvent its downtown area due to the influence of the arts. Several prominent artists house galleries in Hill City, and dozens more display their works in the galleries and shops along Main Street. I think it is no coincidence that the community describes itself as able to work together well. Downtown places, buy Mazindol from canada, Next day Mazindol, and the interaction that they encourage, help residents build social capital, over the counter Mazindol, Mazindol in india, contributing to a community's ability to get along. (sort of like the "third places" Mike keeps talking about)

These are just a few of the highlights I've come away from Hill City with. All of the design:SD boards are available for viewing below. I'd be interested in what you think.

DesignSD - Hill City Boards

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September 10th, 2009

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Just a month or so ago, we received a call from Jerry Nachtigal with Citibank, SD. We had applied for a Citi Foundation grant just two months prior that would help the Rural Learning Center jump start a renewable energy jobs and education program in our new facility. Jerry was calling to let us know that our grant application had been approved, and that we would soon be receiving $250,000 from Citi Foundation. Remarkable.

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