Registration Eligibility
ASLA online learning opportunities are open to all. ASLA members may purchase this presentation at a reduced rate. This is a 2021 conference session.
Start Date
12/17/2023
End Date
12/16/2025
Description
With the current pandemic, jobs are increasingly mobile making small cities more desirable. Forward-thinking communities that expanded their public realm were better equipped to attract new residents and mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. This session will explore strategies for inclusive engagement, conceptualizing, and implementing bold designs in smaller cities.
Distance Learning
Yes
Course Equivalency
No
Subjects
Rural Landscape
Health, Safety and Welfare
Yes
Hours
1.0
Learning Outcomes
Explore inclusive engagement techniques catered to small town politics and places where “everyone knows everyone” and change is in everyone’s “backyard.”; Introduce funding and implementation strategies that enable municipalities with less annual income to realize bold design without limiting quality or content.; Discuss design, presentation, and communication techniques that are well suited to small communities where developing personal relationships is critical to building trust and acceptance.; Understand how smaller communities are using previously implemented or planned open spaces to mitigate the pandemic and lessen the impact on their businesses and communities.;
Instructors
Scott A. Jordan, ASLA; Erin Lonoff, AICP; Susannah Ross, ASLA
Course Codes
Provider
American Society of Landscape Architects