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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Partners – <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Apologies for the late notice on this announcement, but this was just shared by the CDC. I encourage you to have a look!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design is offering a competitive application for communities to be selected to receive a supported community visioning and design workshop – 2.5 days supported by cross-disciplinary professionals to help
you take on your design, zoning and other challenges> This can be a real opportunity to design a place where “Place Matters” -- and you have a hand in making your place healthier! Please talk with your liaison if you would like to confer or brainstorm ideas.
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<h1><span lang="EN" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Do you live in a rural community? Are you faced with a design challenge? </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">See <span style="color:black"><a href="http://rural-design.org/apply">http://rural-design.org/apply</a>
Deadline <span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">January 12, 2016</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">Review the <a href="http://rural-design.org/eligibility" target="_blank">Eligibility </a>requirements. The
<a href="http://rural-design.org/sites/default/files/documents/final_cird_rfp_1.pdf">
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">Request for Proposals</span></strong></a><a href="http://rural-design.org/sites/default/files/documents/cird_press_release_2015_nea_final_final_edits.pdf"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:blue">
</span></strong></a>for 2016-2017 is out now! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:2.25pt"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN"><a href="http://rural-design.org/resource/picking-your-partners-community-planning" target="_blank">Build a team:</a> talk to local leaders, citizens, and organizations about partnering with you to host a workshop.
</span><span lang="EN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:2.25pt"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">Questions about the process? Check the <a href="http://rural-design.org/faq" target="_blank">FAQ</a>'s and register for our
<a href="http://rural-design.org/application-assistance">pre-application assistance calls</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:2.25pt"><span lang="EN"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN">Our application deadline for our 2016-2017 workshops is January 12, 2016. Apply <a href="http://rural-design.org/application-form">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">More info from CIRD:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Residents in America’s small towns and rural communities care deeply about the future of their towns and value their uniqueness, strong sense of community, and special places. However, they increasingly face urgent challenges:
How can they add jobs and support local businesses? How do they create a positive future for their kids? How can they honor and protect local character and history? How do they use limited financial, human, and natural resources wisely? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Developing locally-driven solutions to these challenges is critical to the long-term vitality of these communities, and the arts and design can play a powerful role in this process. Across the country, community leaders and
residents are coming together to tackle these challenges and to find creative strategies that address:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">How to build strong economies and grow jobs;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Where to locate new growth or redevelop older areas;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">How to design efficient transportation systems;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">How to protect the community’s historic and culturally significant resources.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="http://rural-design.org/what-rural-design">Rural design</a> is an important tool for rural communities to build upon existing assets and improve the way a community looks, its quality of life, and its economic viability.
However, few rural communities have access to design assistance or the expertise to tackle these challenges on their own.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">The Citizens' Institute on Rural Design™ (CIRD) provides communities access to the resources they need to convert their own good ideas into reality. CIRD works with communities with populations of 50,000 or less, and offers
annual competitive funding to as many as four small towns or rural communities to host a two-and-a-half day community design workshop. With support from a wide range of design, planning and creative placemaking professionals, the workshops bring together local
leaders from non-profits, community organizations, and government to develop actionable solutions to the community's pressing design challenges. The community receives additional support through webinars, conference calls, and web-based
<a href="http://rural-design.org/resources">resources</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Established in 1991 as Your Town: the Citizens' Institute on Rural Design™, CIRD has convened more than 70
<a href="http://rural-design.org/workshops">workshops</a> in all regions of the country, empowering residents to leverage local assets for the future in order to build better places to live, work, and play. Initially a partnership among the National Endowment
for the Arts (NEA), the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Syracuse, the program was managed by Richard Hawks and Shelley Mastran from 1991-2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt">CIRD remains one of the NEA's key <a href="http://arts.gov/partner/design/index.html" target="_blank">
design leadership initiatives</a>, and is currently conducted in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Project for Public Spaces, Inc., along with the Orton Family Foundation and CommunityMatters® Partnership.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Heather Gramp, MPH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Policy Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Public Health Division<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:heather.gramp@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">heather.gramp@state.or.us</span></a></span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">971-673-0630<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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