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<br /> periodically with a city steering committee MDT graphics are drawn and rendered during the charrette weekend,on base-
<br /> to check on the progress of the visit plan- maps prepared in advance. In Big Lake; above,the design team proposed a con-
<br /> ning and offer recommendations for events, piete downtown redevelopment flanking a reconstructed U.S. Highway 10.The
<br /> speakers, and general logistics. They are, team also made suggestions for specific downtown uses, based on community
<br /> however, merely training wheels. They desires expressed during lunchtime meetings and the"dot-mocracy"exercise.
<br /> give a little help to the city where needed,
<br /> but community volunteers are ultimately hometown and discover their hidden ca- by the American Institute of Architects.
<br /> responsible for the visit preparations.These pacities.They begin to refine their vision— The RUDAT team members are usually a
<br /> volunteers must secure meeting rooms,set even before the MDT sets foot in town. panel of recognized experts who spend five
<br /> up homestays for the team members,orga- It has been called"hotdish design,"and days in town.RUDATs are typically much
<br /> nize a community tour, invite informa- the nickname fits.The careful blending of more formal than MDTs, according to
<br /> tional speakers, and ensure there will be ideas and people that MDT facilitates is an W. Arthur Mehrhoff, the author of Corn-
<br /> food for the hungry designers—not that unintentional homage to the Minnesota munity Design and director of the Heritage
<br /> they will take much time to eat it. tradition of throwing a mix of ingredients Preservation Program at Saint Cloud State
<br /> Herein lies the key to the MDT process. together in a casserole,putting everyone's University in Minnesota. "Community
<br /> In the midst of organizing,scheduling,and concoctions together on one long table, members have been surprised we don't ,
<br /> delegating, the community gets fired up. then sitting down together in school gyms, wear bowties,"he notes.An MDT veteran,
<br /> • People learn how to work together,how to church halls,and community centers.This Mehrhoff describes the MDT process as g
<br /> work with elected and appointed officials, sets it apart from the older and equally ef- using "lots of applied anthropology... <
<br /> and how to collaborate with local institu- fective but different Regional/Urban De- not that we call it that."The team mem-
<br /> tions and nonprofits. They revisit their sign Assistance Teams(RUDATs)organized bers' temporary residence at community i
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