100 Block Design Charrette
On behalf of the Town of Minturn Planning Department and the Minturn Planning Commission, you are cordially invited to participate in a charrette or planning workshop to help the Town envision and clarify future design standards for the 100-Block area of Old Town.
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Take the Survey:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/100BLOCK
Workshop I: Visioning and Challenge Questions (9am-11am)
Each group in Workshop I will spend the first 30 minutes of the session engaged in a visioning discussion of ideas and desired outcomes for the 100-Block. Then, based on which group you are in, the following topics:
Workshop II: Design Competition (2pm-4pm)
This interactive workshop will allow participants - working with volunteer land planners and architects - to translate the visioning and challenge question outcomes into conceptual designs for buildings and public spaces that will then be presented at the evening open house.
Virtual Open House: 6:30pm-8pm
To join the Tuesday Zoom sessions:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82785502390
Meeting ID: 827 8550 2390
Why: To create a vision and updated design guidelines for the 100-Block Commercial Zone District
Who: You! We are excited to have a panel of professional architects, land designers, economists, community builders and place makers lead us through this charrette event on October 6, 2020, but we REALLY want to hear from you! We are casting a wide net reaching out to all property and business owners in the 100-Block as stakeholders directly affected by any future development and redevelopment in the 100-Block Area. This event will be open to the general public, but 100 block owner viewpoints are crucial to our understanding of the existing conditions – “how things are” – as well as your vision for the future of the 100-Block – “how we want things to be.”
Volunteers and Facilitators:
What: A charrette is an collaborative, multi-day planning and design event with multiple opportunities to participate. In the spirit of Minturn’s commitment to transparent decision making and forward thinking strategies to “Keep Minturn, Minturn,” this intensive planning session will team up citizens, policy makers, and design professionals to collaborate to establish a vision for the redevelopment of the Town's core. It will provide a forum to explore and define the essence that is Minturn and sculpt parameters to assure that, even with growth, this essence can only grow stronger. You will engage directly with your neighbors, the Town's leaders and design professionals.
Why: As you may be aware, the Town has been working for the past 12 months on reviewing and updating the Town's development standards that affect all new development and redevelopment in Town. Of particular concern to the Town is the 100-Block area of Old Town. The purposes of the 100-Block Charrette event are:
To examine the existing 100-Block area - identify those elements of the built and natural environments that we love; those things that make "Minturn, Minturn" and must be preserved and celebrated in the future.
To clarify a vision for the 100-Block area - what do we want the 100-Block to look and function like in the future and how can we then craft “rules” or development controls (must do’s) to guide future redevelopment while creating incentives for property owners to achieve the type of buildings, architecture, parking areas, public spaces and public artwork we want for Minturn’s future.
To ensure that multiple perspectives and opinions are brought to bear on the Town's plans and regulations that will direct future improvements and development in the 100-Block area.
Where and When:
Monday,(Afternoon) October 5th: The Town will host an in-person and socially-distanced 1-2 hour walking tour of the Old Town 100-Block Area in the afternoon (Start time and meeting place to be determined). The public is welcome to join project leaders - Town staff, architects, land planners, and facilitators - on a tour of the 100-Block area to discuss and assess existing conditions and key factors to consider during the charrette event.
Tuesday, October 6th (All Day): Charrette Event – this will be an all day, 100% virtual event and will be open to the public (online). The tentative format will include three separate 1-2 hour sessions or workshops occurring in the morning, mid-day, and afternoon (Times and final schedule to be determined). The event will culminate with a virtual open house in the evening (times and final schedule to be determined).
Additional Information: additional information and details regarding the charrette schedule will be available on the Town’s website in the coming days (www.minturn.org).
RSVP: Please respond to planner@minturn.org if you are interested in participating in the charrette and we will add you to our stakeholder list. We will then communicate additional information and details in the coming days regarding the event schedule and specific opportunities to participate.
If you are not able to attend any part of the charrette event, we welcome any suggestions or input you can provide in writing via email to planner@minturn.org.
Finally, please take this short 5-10 minute SURVEY of 100-Block preferences and priorities that will go live on the Town’s website later this week as another means to provide input.
Thank you!
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