Denali, Alaska Workshop - Designing for Community

Sunday, September 6

Optional bus trip into the park for guest presenters, facilitators, or other interested workshop participants

Monday, September 7

Steering committee introduces the guest presenters to the highway corridor and entrance area.

Tuesday, September 8

Part I: What is possible?

10:00am - Introduction

Steering Committee Rep.

10:10am - Ed McMahon, Keynote

Balancing Nature and Commerce

11:00am - Dan Marriott

Transportation Corridors

11:45am - Chris Beck

Community Design for Alaska

12:30pm - Lunch

{Goal: Introduction to conference themes.}Part II: What is possible here for community design?

1:30pm - Concurrent - Breakout Sessions/Discussions

Session 1 - Dan Marriott

Dealing with the highway – creating a sense of place

Session 2 - Ed McMahon

Managing growth/retaining and sustaining communities

Session 3 - Chris Beck

Designing an Interior Alaska community

5:00pm - Reconvene

Summarize vision

6:00pm - End

6:30pm - Dinner with Ed McMahon

8:00pm - Ed McMahon

A walk through Nenana Canyon

{Goal: community members sketch out some ideas of practical projects which need to be accomplished based on thoughts triggered by presenters}

Wednesday, September 9

Part III: What can be accomplished by working collaboratively as a community on sustainable design?

10:00am

Chris Beck - Introduction to Collaborative Process

10:15am

Panel Discussion

Phil Bimstein, Springdale, UT

Peg Howard, speaking on Grand Canyon

Mike Mense, Soldotna ’95

Ben Shaine et al., McCarthy

The panel will cover the accomplishments in each of these communities, and the process used to reach the desirable conclusion.{Goal: Provide models of successful collaborative projects in gateway communities and the process used to make them successful.}

12:30pm - Lunch

Part IV: What can be accomplished here by working collaboratively on design?

1:30pm - Concurrent Breakout Sessions/Discussions

Sustainable design - Craig Hibberd, Peg Howard

Sense of place/community - Chris Beck, Mike Mense, Phil Bimstein

Transportation connections - Dan Marriot, Ben Shaine

{Goal: Each group generate conclusions about how other community examples apply here.}3:15pm - BreakPart V: What are the next steps in applying this information?3:30pm - Breakout Sessions reconvene5:15pm - Break

5:30pm

Reconvene entire group to summarize primary areas of concern and “next steps” for addressing them

{Goal: “Next steps” for after the workshop are identified.}

Thursday, September 10

Part VI - Brainstorming design ideas for specific sites

9:30am Healy Park entrance

Dan Marriott, Chris Beck,Mike Mense Craig Hibberd, Peg Howard

2:30 pm - Nenana Canyon    

Dan Marriott, Chris Beck, Mike Mense

6:00pm

Reconvene to discuss what has been learned

{Goal: Begin to develop some site-specific concepts. Sketch artists will accompany each group.}