
Welcome to Fall 2020 – Season 9
When we founded City Open in the Fall of 2016, we envisioned a space to combine policy and design, and to work with Chicago communities by providing visioning methodologies, tools and vocabulary to bring their projects to life. COVID-19 has had an unprecedented impact and footprint in our communities, and so many conversations about recovery strategies have taken place in 2020. What does recovery look like for our different communities and fields of practice? How might we adapt our planning processes to be both safe and engaging in the time of social distancing?
We are excited to be collaborating this season with the Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) team and supporting the Corridor Development Initiative (CDI) in Rogers Park. MPC team has worked in multiple communities in the City using the CDI methodology: Woodlawn, Uptown, Logan Square, Aurora, Hyde Park, Logan Square and North Lawndale.
This season we'll be focused on supporting with the charrette preparation part of CDI, and designing a combination of in-person, virtual and DIY toolkit to engage the Rogers Park community in diverse design and mapping exercises.

CALENDAR
Workshop #1: Kick-off
Wednesday, September 2 @ 6pm
Where: ZOOM (link sent 24 hours before to sign-ups)
Materials for this session available in these:
Agenda + Notes (Google Doc)
Presentation (Google Slides)
Workshop #2
Wednesday, September 16 @ 6pm
Where: ZOOM (link sent 24 hours before to sign-ups)
Agenda + Notes from this session available in this google doc.
Presentation
Workshop #3
Wednesday, September 30 @ 6pm
Where: ZOOM (link sent 24 hours before to sign-ups)
Materials for this session available in these:
Agenda + Notes (Google Doc)
Presentation (Google Slides)
Workshop #4
Wednesday, October 14 @ 6pm
Where: This session was dedicated to virtual workshop session hosted by MPC.
Workshop #5
Wednesday, October 28 @ 6pm
Where: ZOOM (link sent 24 hours before to sign-ups)
Materials for this session available in these:
Agenda + Notes (Google Doc)
Presentation (Google Slides)
Workshop #6
Wednesday, November 11 @ 6pm
Where: ZOOM (link sent 24 hours before to sign-ups)
Materials for this session available in these:
Agenda + Notes (Google Doc)
Presentation (Google Slides)
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