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Monica Chadha and Virginia Stanard discuss how Impact Detroit develops novel and interdisciplinary approaches to design by involving a variety of stakeholders throughout the planning process, resulting in meaningful programming that activates the community and encourages imaginative interactions with the built environment. Monica Chadha most recently shared her expertise at the 10th Sustainable Cities Design Academy as a Resource member on the Greensboro, NC team and also participated as a Resource member in 2011. The Greensboro team brought the Integral City project, an arts-led economic development project fostering connectivity and collaboration throughout downtown Greensboro, to the event. Virginia Stanard will soon participate as a Project team member in the upcoming 11th Sustainable Cities Design Academy. She will work on the Bloody Run Creek Greenway Redevelopment Project, a creek daylighting and redevelopment project of a 3,500-acre site. Virginia joined Monica for Sustainable Cities Design Academy in 2011 as a Resource member as well.
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