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Charrette Report -October 8, 2010 - 14 mb
The objective of the Downtown Columbia Planning Charrette is to develop a consensus vision and implementation strategy for the two (2) key priority areas identified in the Downtown Columbia Leadership Council Interim Report dated May 2009. This includes an area north and south of the Broadway and College intersection (with an emphasis on the North Village arts district) and the general region of the Providence and Broadway intersection.
The Downtown Planning Charrette is a three-phase design-based, holistic collaborative planning process that harnesses the talents and energies of all interested parties to create and support a feasible plan that represents transformative community change. Throughout this charrette process, the H3 Studio Charrette Team will work closely with the engaged citizenry to realize the vision for this change and the crucial steps necessary to implement the vision.
The multidisciplinary H3 Studio Charrette Team, together with sponsor staff, will create the plan. The Charrette will be lead by John Hoal (PhD, AICP, principal) with H3 Studio, a national planning and urban design firm located in St. Louis, and supported by Development Strategies as economic development advisors, Hellmuth + Bicknese Architects as sustainability experts, and transportation and infrastructure specialist Civitech, Inc.
Stakeholders – those being anyone who can approve and promote the project as well as anyone directly affected by the outcomes – are involved through a series of short feedback meetings. Most stakeholders attend two or three feedback meetings at critical decision-making points during the charrette. These feedback loops provide the charrette team with the information necessary to create a feasible plan. Just as importantly, they allow the stakeholders to become co-authors of the plan so that they are more likely to support and implement it.
The process commences with the Research, Education and Charrette Preparation Phase, followed by a five-day charrette acting as the focal point and the middle phase, and closes with the Plan Implementation Phase. In more detail, the H3 Studio Charrette Team will first conduct an open public meeting to solicit the values, vision and needs of the stakeholders. The team then returns two weeks later to create alternative plans or scenarios, which are presented at the second public meeting. The team then synthesizes the best aspects of the alternative into a preferred plan that is developed in detail and tested for economic, design and political feasibility and is presented at a third public meeting. The charrette concludes with a comprehensive presentation at a final public meeting four weeks later. The final deliverable will be a highly illustrative written and electronic document providing visual examples of specific recommendations.
The Charrette will take place in downtown Columbia on the following dates and times:
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