Thriving By Design Statewide Competition - Open to participants across the State
On May 11, 2008, Minnesota will celebrate its Sesquicentennial, 150 years of statehood. In preparation for this historic event, the 10th annual Minnesota Rural Summit will host “Thriving by Design! A Minnesota Sesquicentennial Kickoff!” on May 10 & 11, 2007 at Cragun’s Resort & Conference Center in Brainerd, MN. The Rural Summit will help Minnesota community leaders learn how design and planning can be used to integrate complex development issues into clear strategies that position their communities and regions to thrive well into the 21st century.
Prior to the Summit, the Thriving by Design competition challenges interdisciplinary teams of adults and teams of youth from across the state to consider this question:
After 150 years of statehood, knowing what we know now and the tools we have, combined with the ingenuity of our people, and facing the global pressures around us, how would you "design" Minnesota today to be economically, socially and environmentally sustainable, to carry on with our high quality of life well in the 21st century?
In the adult competition interdisciplinary teams will develop conceptual ideas on either a statewide, regional or community scale. Designs must incorporate multiple issues/topics and show how they relate to each of four parameters: economy, natural environment, social environment and culture.
The youth competition is divided into two groups, Grades 5 – 8 and Grades 9 – 12. Teams of students in the younger group will create a map of their community, showing all the places and problematic features that are special to them. Teams of older students will create a map showing the special places and also illustrate what things they would put in place (working at either a state, regional or community scale) to make Minnesota great in the future.
Winning entries will be unveiled and honored at the Rural Summit in Brainerd. Cash prizes and opportunities for publicity will be awarded to top entries, as judged by a jury of Minnesota leaders in design, planning, government, community development and education.
The University of Minnesota Center for Rural Design is currently developing, “Minnesota 2058: Thriving by Design”, a statewide series of regional charrettes, linked with the State Sesquicentennial and coming forward from the 2007 Minnesota Rural Summit. It is the intention of the competition sponsors for the winning entries from the Thriving by Design competition to be used as the “seed ideas”, feeding into these community-based regional design activities.
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