CIRD works with a geographic cross section of communities that demonstrate community capacity and strong partnerships, a commitment to diverse participation and engagement of all the demographic groups present in their community, and the potential to achieve actionable results. Each of the communities that has hosted a CIRD workshop has identified design issues of immediate relevance not only to their town, but to other rural communities as well.

Past Workshops

Select workshops are summarized below by former CIRD co-directors Shelley Mastran and Richard Hawks; newsletters describing additional past workshops completed between 2004 through 2011 are downloadable as PDFs at www.yourtowndesign.org.