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Wednesday Meet-up & Install

We're on for putting the project up on Wednesday at 4pm. The location is the empty storefront at 34 E. Main, on the corner of Walnut & Main in downtown Champaign. I'll have the posters that folks left with me on Monday, please bring supplemental materials that are needed for your project (those of you with digital 3D renderings, bring a couple of rendered images). If you've made any changes to your poster, bring that as well obviously.
Those of you with physical models, have someone from your group meet me at my office at 3:30 to help transport them.

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posted by ryan griffis at 1:29 PM Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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Vermont Town Turns to College in Bid to Guide Change

In today's New York Times, there's a story about Starksboro, VT and its attempts to create a sense of place with the help of students in a class titled "Portrait of a Vermont Town".

"The key is to project beyond immediate controversies over applications for subdivisions and to say, ‘Let’s envision the future that we would love to have,' " said Prof. John Elder of Middlebury, "at which point there is considerable agreement."
They have spent the semester attending town dinners, exploring farms and forest, and visiting dozens of homes. Some students grew up in places where sprawl is the norm, so they were eager to explore a small town and its singular sense of place.
"I'm guilty, like most of us, of really romanticizing Vermont life and Vermont towns," said Max Kanter, a junior from Phoenix. "Now I have a sense of the challenge they have to stay afloat."

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posted by ryan griffis at 8:46 AM Thursday, December 4, 2008

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