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Mississippi Renewal Design and
Development Center Strategic Planning Workshop
August 7-8, 2006 (Gulfport, MS)
The Knight Program organized a planning
workshop to discuss the establishment of a design and development center in
the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Participants were invited from all eleven
communities involved in the Mississippi Renewal Forum as well as business
leaders, state and regional representatives, nonprofit entities, and
citizens at large. The workshop brought together four directors of design
centers – from Charleston, the Treasure Coast Regional Planning Council of
Florida, and current and past directors from Nashville. The workshop
included presentations, brainstorming, and extensive discussions between the
project leader, Charles Bohl, director of the Knight Program in Community
Building, these technical advisors, and people on the ground in Mississippi.
The two-day workshop was funded in part by a grant from the New Hampshire
Charitable Trust via the Smart Growth Funders Network.
For this initiative to be realized,
prospective board members will need to step forward, help refine the
proposal, and become champions of the establishment of a design and
development center. Once this has occurred, the Knight Program and its
network of Fellows, colleagues, and faculty at the University of Miami stand
ready to assist in transmitting and marketing the proposal to prospective
funders.
Link to information about and presentations from the workshop:
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