Community Design Team

Helping people make the most of their community is the goal of the Community Design Team (cdt). This program brings volunteer professionals from a variety of disciplines to your locale to assist community members in beginning a process of laying a course for the future. Teams might include landscape architects, planners, geographers, architects, engineers, historians, and economic development experts. The mix will depend upon the needs of the locality and other factors.

ATTENTION:  The Community Design Team cost has been raised.  Site visits as of January 16, 2008 will cost $ 5,000. 

Resources

• Community Design Team Brochure: contains basic program information - PDF, 1 p (269K)
• CDT Application: used by communities to apply for the program (see Logan example)
• CDT Manual: a guide for communities applying for a community design team visit - PDF, 14 pp (419K)
• CDT Team Leader Manual: for people who will help organize the professionals participating in a CDT visit. This manual is not intended for community members applying for a CDT visit, though they are welcome to read it - PDF, 19 pp (86K)
• CDT Evaluation Survey Results - PDF, 19 pp (50K)
• Community Design Team Update
• Other Community Design Sites

Example Communities

  Point Marion, Pennsylvania

• CDT Application - Point Marion, PA application - PDF
• http://www.riversofsteel.com/subpage.aspx?id+218&h=225&sn=368

  Union, West Virginia

• A Union of the Past and the Future -- Community Design Team Report

  Mount Hope, West Virginia

• The Past Reflected in the Hopes of the Future -- Community Design Team Report

Early Community Design Teams

For additional information on the Community Design Team, contact:

Coordinator:
Meghan Stalebrink
Community Design Team
West Virginia University
(304) 293-4832 ext. 4399

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