A ‘Charrette’ is defined as a collaborative session in which a group of community stakeholders ‘design’ a solution.   In this instance the participants will be tasked with creating design concepts for the study area’s streets, parks, and greenway.  Break-out groups will work on various elements of the design problem – such as Recreation Needs; Event Space; Stream Restoration; Neighborhood Connections / Trail Concepts and Creating a Park where People Want to Be.  At the end of the evening the various break-out groups will present their ideas.  Professional Planners and Designers will help facilitate the breakout groups, with each group producing a verbal and graphic ‘Idea Board’ to be featured in a public display.

Agenda:

Pre-Workshop Park Walk (OPTIONAL) –

Meet at Covered Bridge across from Town Tavern –

Walk 6^th Street and discuss site and key opportunities – end at Larison Hall           5:30 – 6:00PM

Welcome and Orientation                                                                                                 6:00PM

Break-Out Sessions -  Topics and (facilitators):

• Being Green – Park Greening and Landscaping (Sarajane Snyder)
• Ditch the Ditch – Restoring the Stream – Bull Run (Kelly Gutshall)
• Creating Connections – Walking and Biking Trails (Kim Wheeler)
• Future of Recreation – Recreation for All Ages and Abilities (Alice Trowbridge)
• Here We Are, Entertain Us – Creating Great Performance Venues (Glenn Vernon/Claudia Albertin)
• Creating People Places – Spaces People Want to Be… (Dina El-Mogazi)

Break Out Session #1                                                                                                           6:15 – 7:15PM

Break Out Session #2                                                                                                          7:15 – 8:15PM

Report Back – 5 Minutes per group – the facilitator and any participants                8:15 – 8:45PM

Next Steps – Plan, Design, Engineer, Implementation – How to Stay Involved       8:45 – 9PM

We’d love to have your input and hope you can attend.  Feel free to make the schedule work for you and treat it as an Open House if that’s more feasible for you.  Or come for the whole thing – and the pizza!  In the true spirit of the Ecole des Beaux Arts charrette tradition, the design team will follow this up with a work session into the wee hours.  You are just being asked to offer your dinner timeslot.

The project is funded part by a grant from the Community Conservation Partnerships Program, Keystone Recreation, Park and Conservation Fund, under the administration of the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Recreation and Conservation.

For more information, contact the Lewisburg Neighborhoods Corporation, 570-523-0114, elmstreet@dejazzd.com.