National Charrette Institute start-up kit

New from the National Charrette Institute, the NCI Charrette Start-Up Kit is an instructional CD-ROM authored by NCI executive director Bill Lennertz, board member Steven Coyle, and program director Aarin Lutzenhiser. It features a 96-minute illustrated narration explaining the principles behind transformative community change, how to build public trust and support for your project, and how to organize and conduct a successful charrette. It also contains a 65-page workbook keyed to the presentation and a “Dynamic Planning Checklist” of tools and techniques. The kit is priced at $85 plus $4.85 shipping and can be purchased online at www.charretteinstitute.org.