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<span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://my.preservationnation.org/site/R?i=Rp07CGC1RxN2H5ZkGYle9Q"><span style="color:#136DB8;text-decoration:none">The Citizens' Institute on Rural Design™ (CIRD)</span></a> 2016-2017 Request
for Proposals application deadline is January 12, 2016. The CIRD Program helps small towns and rural communities, with populations of 50,000 or less, build their capacity and acquire technical expertise to solve a broad range of design-related challenges,
from Main Street revitalization to art-based community development. Up to six communities will be selected to receive a $10,000 stipend and in-kind professional design expertise from CIRD to organize a two-and-a-half-day design workshop on a topic chosen by
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to craft an outstanding application this <b>Thursday, December 10, 2015</b> from 2:00-3:00 PM CST.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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