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WHAT IS A PUBLIC DESIGN CHARRETTE?

A charrette is an intensive planning session where citizens, designers, community leaders, and technical experts collaborate on a vision for future growth and development. It provides a forum for creative ideas and provides both immediate and ongoing feedback loops between designers, stakeholders, and the community. More importantly, it allows everyone who participates to be a mutual author of the plan.
The charrette focuses on community input over a short period of time, through various means such as in-person or online meetings and exercises representing a full spectrum of interests in Aloe Bay. The consultant team uses the results of this effort to evolve the vision over the subsequent days at the planning studio. Throughout the week, the community’s goals for each focus area of the plan are pursued while ideas and scenarios are tested.
This community design method has worked successfully in Aloe Bay with past initiatives and you are invited to participate in the Aloe Bay project by engaging in the Virtual Charrette. This is your opportunity to offer your feedback on the work as it is being produced by expressing your vision for the future of the Aloe Bay area. Your participation will make the difference between a good plan and a great plan. Please join us!
The unprecedented COVID-19 global emergency has pushed us to move this public process entirely online. The following videos explain how the public process typically works, and how we’re adapting to our present reality.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?

EVERYONE!  We encourage you to participate in all the virtual meetings, and complete each of the surveys, and to share them with your friends, family, and community to spread the word about the plan.

WHY SHOULD YOU PARTICIPATE?

During these public events, the planning team will be asking questions to help understand why Aloe Bay is important for the community and what the vision is for the future. Participating in the Charrette will give you a chance to share your vision for the Aloe Bay plan. Your participation will make the difference between a good plan and a great plan!

HOW SHOULD YOU PARTICIPATE?

We encourage you to participate in all of the virtual meetings and to invite your friends, family, and community to spread the word about the plan. In response to COVID-19, the charrette will be held in a Hybrid In-Person & Virtual format, allowing community members the opportunity to participate providing input from home or in-person, In compliance with CDC and ADPH recommended guidelines, we ask that participants attending in-person meetings please wear masks and practice social distancing.

Outside scheduled events, you can continue to provide your feedback through online polls and surveys on the project website www.aloebay.org. Your feedback helps us make better decisions, and so we want to make that easy. Contribute your ideas and ask questions about featured projects at times that work best for you. We’re excited to hear from you!

HOW TO JOIN A ZOOM MEETING?