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February 20, 2008
7:00PM
Radisson Hotel - Michelangelo A
405 20th St E
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
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Prairie Ecovillage Development Corporation (PEDCO) is initiating a design charrette process for Rivergreen. This process provides a mechanism through which a broad stakeholder group can participate in the planning and design activities for Rivergreen. The process will be facilitated by Elisa Campbell, Director, Design Centre for Sustainability, University of British Columbia and is funded through the generous support of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
Our process includes two workshops that precede a main design event (an intensive three-day charrette that will be limited to a smaller design team.) These workshops provide a way to engage a broader stakeholder group in defining priority goals and targets for the Rivergreen Ecovillage. The priority goals and targets that result from the workshops become key ingredients of the design brief that guides the charrette. The net result is that the eventual design reflects the input of a broader group of participants.
Your participation in the following workshops would be greatly appreciated.
• A goal-setting workshop, to be held Wednesday, February 20 from 7:00 – 9:30 pm in Michelangelo A at the Radisson Hotel, 405 20th St E, involves participants in a conversation about what the priority goals for the Rivergreen Ecovillage development should be. A set of possible goals is provided from a broad range of sustainability themes. The potential goals are drawn from existing vision and policy, current decisions and directions, and best practices information. The participant group prioritizes these goals, resulting in a concise set of goals that will drive the planning and design process as it moves forward.
Participation in these workshops is limited to 125.
A second target-setting workshop, to be held Thursday, March 6 from 7:00 – 9:30 pm at the Radisson, asks participants to identify quantitative performance measures that should be achieved for each goal. The idea here is to increase the specificity of information that is given to the design team in terms of what the project should achieve. A range of possible performance numbers are given to the participant group for each priority goal, again drawn from existing performance data, current directions, and best practice information. The intent of the workshop is to have participants clearly specify the desired range of performance for Rivergreen.
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