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<br />�"� �,� �,�-�= A WoYkirig Coriference of llae Coanrrtu�tity Cortiteciions Pt'ojecP
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<br />Ut3NERS3TY OF MtNNESOTA �1��� � �'+ ��[j��
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<br />Urban Lundscape First-ring snburban communi[ies have long been mainstays of stability. Home to ;
<br />. thousands of post-war families, these communities offered the proinise of an attrac, �;
<br />� The Desig�z Ce��terforAtnerrcari Ur- � tive, secure, and comforiable lifestyle: a rural setting, new homes �in low-density �
<br />Fian I.andscape ds a research �r►:it '�residentiaf developments, a�eessible clusters of goods and services, high-quaiity �:
<br />withirr the College of Architectiu-e � schools. They were the wave of tl�e fueare, the narm to which many aspired. �'
<br />` and Landscape Architectur•e a� lffe ��ri ears after the ftrst rin s initial sur e af rowlh howev�er the realit is s!i htl
<br />Universit�� of Mi�uiesota. 11 was es- Y y g� g '� ' � y g�
<br />difCerent. These are communities in transition, and iransition has brought witl� it a
<br />__ tablished �vifh a gr•ariP fr"ont the Day- set of complex and dynamic challenges: '
<br />, to�a Hudsat 'Fouitdatiori,' support _
<br />' fromfederal, state and local govern- ` ° renovating and revitalizing an agirig housing stock; ,; �: ; �
<br />rnent agencies, a�7d grants fron4 tton- °�'orking with outdated land-use �nd transpottatiori polici�s;
<br />s o addressing escalaYing human develapmen[ needs; and '. {
<br />profit orgaiiizations. Its »aission is . , ,
<br />- , id educate puGlic and private deci-' � • recognizing environmentat concerns and neglected naiural resoarces. � �
<br />sion �irakers, professionals a�zd citi- _. These chaltenges have not only. gi'ven nse to a sens�e of urgency, but created the i
<br />, ze�as about the "vatue of desig» as a opportuni[y ta assess the todls the first ri�g wiil need as it moves into the next
<br />� strategic parttzerwith ecoitor�iic mtd =_� century — Eo determine what it wil(_iake t� niaintain'`�ivable comm�nities."� � �,
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<br />� lic�ma�i intet•ests in the makij�g of This iask will fall to the full spectruin of community �eade�ship within the first ring. ,
<br />comntttnity-based development '�e De�ign Center's "Forum on the First E2ing" �is intended ta being toge[her elected '
<br />. str•ategies,and sustai�table urbart� officials, city staff, and other civic leaders from more,than thirty firs[-ring commu- .
<br />. lnndscapes. _ , nities to discttss wh�t strateg�es of promise a.�'e in place and what strategies we wiil
<br />need to create to move the region forward. �, '
<br />Tlte Co+?a»unrty Co�inectioras Project , j
<br />a�fd this corifer�ence are funded - � �
<br />�tl2rouglt a gr�a�tt from the McKiiight �1r.at We Hope fo Accomplish
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<br />' Foulidatio�t. � 'I'he forum is intended to accomplish four things: -
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<br />1. Settirlg tlte Stage—exploring the pubiic policy and physica[ planning con�exl
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<br />` � � within which discussions about strategy must occur;
<br />2. Iderrtifj�ing Models — sharing emerging municipal approaches to transit cor-
<br />� , ridots, natoeal systems, housing, and human "services that might be replicated;
<br />. 3. Evalualirtg I�ttpternentarion. Strategies—examining the obstacles and oppor-
<br />� � tunities to move promising 's[rategies forward; and
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<br />'['or fur4Her infortaiatiori, cal[ ti�e 4. Addi�ig !t Up —develbping areas of consensus about what to do next.
<br />� I)esign Center: 627-1�50 e�ct. 31� We hope the forum wiil both take stacic and set a course. The Design Center is
<br />eager to explare ways 4o suppor[ the efforts of first-ring communities to share infor-
<br />' Pl�oto: Richtield, i954. Minneapnlrs Star & mation, create new development and policy tools, and work in concert for legisla- '
<br />, '1'rtbra,:�, Minnesotn Hisroric�! Society tive and t•egulatory clianges at the state and regional Iev�l.
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