The Great Gumbo

Cafe Sessions
An integral part of our quickly approaching conference is a set of cafe sessions which will be limited to approximately 15 people and will foster discussion around particular issues.  You can view the full cafe descriptions here, these are the titles - we hope you are as excited about the topics as we are:

Community Design outside of Community Design Centers
A Planning Toolkit
Using Video in Urban Design
Reframing the American Dream 
From Great Plan to Built Project
Water Management
Housing Construction Techniques
Physical & Social Infrastructure
Community Partnerships in Emergency Preparedness & Response
Citizen Planning and the Unified New Orleans Plan
The Walkable/Bikable Street Design and Surfaces Materials Café
Values of Ecological Services to Global and Local Communities
Open Architecture Network
Community Design/Build
Setting a Big Table
Stories from the Field: Sharing in the Process of Community-Based Design  
Design-build programs: who are they serving?
Dancing in the Desert: Culture, climate and community in desert border regions.
IT AIN’T EASY: Community Design in “The Big Easy”
Preparing the Gumbo
University based Design Centers

Conference Schedule
We have updated the schedule with a number of issues from transportation details to times and locations for special events.  To view the schedule, go here.

Conference Accomodations
A block of rooms is reserved at the Lod Cook Center at LSU which is convenient to the conference activities.  These rooms will be held until the 13th of May, so you have only five days to make your reservations at the negotiated rate.  You can find information about accomodations and a forum we've set up to make room-sharing easier here.