CIRD
Citizen's Institute on Rural Design
Articles
-
Citizens' Institute on Rural Design to Host Three Capacity-Building Calls This Summer
June 6, 2013The Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design (CIRD) will be co-hosting three monthly capacity-building conference calls over the course of the summer. Part of the ongoing CommunityMatters conference call series, these calls are designed to help any community working on a design or planning project get the skills they need to succeed, as well as the inspiration to get started.
-
What is Good Rural Design?
March 21, 2013Rural design involves the planning and manipulation of the environment for the betterment of the community. Design is a process that involves brainstorming ideas, developing plans and proposed designs, and implementation of a project.
-
CIRD Community-Centered Project Design Call
February 19, 2013In 2010, a Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design workshop in Taos, New Mexico helped reinvigorate a public plaza and create a new network of pathways and sidewalks. At an Elk Horn City, Kentucky workshop in 2011, attendees identified creative solutions to connect the community with its riverfront. In dozens of communities across the country, similar workshops have helped rural communities use design to solve challenges like improving walkability, curbing sprawl, and attracting tourists by enhancing local heritage.
-
Citizens' Institute on Rural Design (CIRD) Program Information Call
January 28, 2013On January 23, CommunityMatters hosted a Program Information Call for CIRD. Jamie Hand from the National Endowment for the Arts and Cynthia Nikitin from Project for Public Spaces provided an overview of the CIRD program and answered questions related to the recently released RFP.
-
CIRD Spotlight: Driggs, Idaho
December 6, 2012With funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transportation Authority, and the Driggs Urban Renewal Agency, the City of Driggs Idaho (pop. 1,660) plans to transform over 13,000 square feet of public space in its city center into an historic arts, visitor, recreation and transit center.