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Contributed by: DR. SEAN REIF D.C. on 9/30/2006

All over the world, and here in Northglenn, there is increasing demand from all sides for MORE community involvement in the planning and management of the environment. It is widely recognized that this is the only way that people will get the surroundings they want. And it is now seen as the best way of ensuring that communities become safer, stronger, wealthier, and more sustainable. But how should it be done? How can local people, wherever they live, best involve themselves in the complexities of architecture, planning, and urban design ? How can professionals best build on local knowledge and resources?

A wide range of methods have been pioneered; they include ways of people interacting, new types of events, new types of organizations, new services, and new support frameworks.

It is possible to imagine that every human settlement will have its own architecture center and neighborhood planning offices. All development professionals will have the skills to organize competitions and planning weekends so that everyone will have access to planning aid and feasibility funds. Architectural schools will have urban design studios helping surrounding communities and that everyone will be familiar with design workshops, mapping, participatory editing, interactive displays and other methods.

When that happens, as in the NNDC, Northglenn Neighborhood Development Corporation, there is more chance of being able to create and maintain built environments that satisfy both individual and community needs, and that are enjoyable to live and work in.

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posted on 9/30/2006 @ 1:00:08 PM

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“Community confers upon its members identity, and a measure of security. Communities are the ground-level generators and preservers of VALUES and ethical systems.”

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