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Planning design contest still open
The summit will help Minnesota community leaders learn how design and planning can be used to integrate complex development issues into clear strategies that position their communities and regions to thrive well into the 21st century.
Before the summit, the Thriving by Design competition challenges interdisciplinary teams of adults and teams of youths from across the state to consider this question:
After 150 years of statehood, knowing what we know now and the tools we have, combined with the ingenuity of our people, and facing the global pressures around us, how would you "design" Minnesota today to be economically, socially and environmentally sustainable, to carry on with our high quality of life well in the 21st century?
In the adult competition interdisciplinary teams will develop conceptual ideas on either a statewide, regional or community scale. Designs must incorporate multiple issues/topics and show how they relate to each of four parameters: economy, natural environment, social environment and culture.
The youth competition is divided into two groups, fifth-eighth grades and ninth-12th grades. Teams of students in the younger group will create a map of their community, showing all the places and problematic features that are special to them. Teams of older students will create a map showing the special places and also illustrate what things they would put in place (working at either a state, regional or community scale) to make Minnesota great in the future.
Winning entries will be unveiled and honored at the summit in Brainerd. Cash prizes and opportunities for publicity will be awarded to top entries, as judged by a jury of Minnesota leaders in design, planning, government, community development and education.
Team registration deadline is Feb. 28, with contest submissions due April 16 and winners announced in May.
For more information, go to www.minnesotaruralpartners.org/2007_summit/design.htm or call (651) 645-9403.
Organized by the Minnesota Design Team, the University of Minnesota Center for Rural Design, and Minnesota Rural Partners in partnership with the Minnesota Sesquicentennial Commission.
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