CoH to HPP: Trust Us.

[csgray]

I wonder if a group of people would be willing to help me organize charrette?

(wikipedia def. The word charrette may refer to any collaborative session in which a group of designers drafts a solution to a design problem. While the structure of a charrette varies, depending on the design problem and the individuals in the group, charrettes often take place in multiple sessions in which the group divides into sub-groups. Each sub-group then presents its work to the full group as material for future dialogue. Such charrettes serve as a way of quickly generating a design solution while integrating the aptitudes and interests of a diverse group of people.)

I think a meeting where people would have the option breaking into teams and brainstorming ideas and inventorying available volunteer resources could be really valuable. I have some facilitative experience (but then I couldn't participate!) or I could find some people from outside HPP with no axe to grind who would help us out, but a set of chances for many members of the HPP community to share their vision for the HPP plan identified parks would be really useful in figuring out what activities should go where. Between all the people in HPP we have diverse skills and resources, I think we could make something really wonderful happen. HPP has a lot of land set aside for parks, we should look at this strategically as a whole community system that supports a wide variety of recreational needs.

Carol