VALUES:
•An appreciation for diverse community values, needs, and 
desires.
•A sense of empathy and concern for the communities with which 
the studio will work.  
•A sense of feasibility and prioritization gained from planning 
and community perspectives.
•A sense of the potential for collaboration among planning 
professionals, community members, economic and ecologic 
agents, policy makers, and facilitators, such as the 
University.  
•Understanding the importance of integrating all scales of 
planning to benefit neighborhood growth and renewal.
•Understanding the importance of ecological, cultural, 
architectural, and historic preservation in community planning 
efforts.

KNOWLEDGE:
•Demonstrate knowledge of the relationship between the various 
stages of planning processes and the communities they affect.
•Demonstrate a comprehension of planning processes, data 
collection, analysis, spatial theory, plan-making, short- and 
long-term implementation strategies.
•Knowledge of community renewal, engagement, and facilitation 
strategies.
•Knowledge of the interrelations between community values, 
theories of renewal, economic and ecologic priorities, and 
policy implications. 
•Demonstrate the ability to collect, organize, evaluate, and 
synthesize data and information in the context of planning 
processes.
•Demonstrate the ability to utilize qualitative and 
quantitative inventory and analysis methods and tools in plan 
making processes.
•Demonstrate the ability to apply planning theories and 
knowledge gained through community engagement through a range 
of scales and community types.
•Demonstrate the ability to integrate community feedback with 
conventional planning methods.  
•Demonstrate the ability to create accessible and marketable 
plans, graphics, and strategic implementation documents.

SKILLS:
Computer
•Facility with appropriate analytical computer programs which 
are standard tools in the planning profession, such as GIS and 
statistical analytical software.
•Facility with appropriate graphics software, such as InDesign 
and Photoshop to facilitate report and presentation graphics.
•Facility with presentation computer programs, including 
SketchUp, PowerPoint, and basic movie making software.

Data Analysis
•Apply multiple data sources and analytical techniques to 
assess the environmental, social, and economic characteristics 
of a site/region/community.
•Integrate ecological, cultural, community, historic, economic, 
other data in the plan making process.

Community Process
•Interact with and engage community members, civic leaders, and 
others in meaningful participatory relationships.

Communication
•Clearly communicate planning concepts to community members 
and peers through written, oral, and graphic communication 
tools for public meeting presentation.
•Write, develop graphics, and assemble planning report, 
including web-based forms of report presentation for community 
use and planning purposes.

Week 1-15

Phase ONE: Gaining Insights through Precedent Research
•Preparation of reports on similar communities.
•Understanding challenges and issues of precedent planning 
processes.
•Assessment of planning protocols used in precedents.
•Potential modification of proposed planning processes for 
site.

Phase TWO: Understanding, Recognizing, Community Values, and 
Priorities
•Meeting, establishing, ties to community.
•Active, deep listening, engaging community.
•Initial visioning charrettes.
•Synthesizing community goals and objectives.

Phase THREE: Inventory and Analysis.
•Qualitative sources: oral histories, surveys, interviews, 
photo archives.
•Quantitative sources: GIS data sets, maps, public and private 
records.
•Contextual and historic concerns.
•Economic challenges and opportunities.
•Ecologic systems, priorities, and frameworks.

Phase FOUR: Plan Making and Visualizations.
•Revisiting the charrette process, synthesizing community 
inputs with collected data.
•Developing accessible strategies (plans, documents, 
visualizations, narratives).
•Developing ties to marketing, policy, grant procurements.
•Examining means of propagation.

Phase FIVE: Implementation Strategies.
•Multiple scales of implementation.
•Prioritization matrices.
•Community liaisons, actors, and agents.
•Policy implications and recommendations.
•Future actions.
•Assessment methods.
•Possible design/build process.