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Release Date: 07 Oct, 2007
Press Release
Kick-Off Presentation: Friday, September
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The kick off to this exciting process began at 7pm at City Hall.
Code Studio and its team introduced the community to the charrette
process. Their enthusiasm was reflected with the community’s
anticipation of the outcome. We were ready to begin our Downtown
Plan.
Hands On Design Session: Saturday, September
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Community members joined Code Studio at 8:30am at the Old Portales
medical building on the square for an intense session of drawing
and discussing of ideas for the future downtown Portales with concentration
on our arts and cultural assets. Teams broke up with facilitators
to create our team visions. Each team then presented their ideas
to the rest of the group. Amazing ideas and concepts flowed from
the participants. Ironically, most teams had very similar opinions,
concerns, and visions.
Technical Meetings: Monday, October 1
Technical meetings were held all day Monday with organizations such
as the Department of Transportation and local service providers.
Public Works, Community Development and Planning were in deep discussion
with Code Studio on whether the ideas generated were feasible.
Pin Up Session: Monday, October 1
Monday evening held an open house between 6-8pm in which community
members walked through the studio and saw first hand the work that
Code Studio had produced thus far. Code Studio welcomed the feedback
and talked with those in attendance gathering insight and opinions.
They were definitely “Moving in the Right Direction”!
Work In Progress Presentation:
Wednesday, October 3
Wednesday night was such an exciting event. The anticipation in
the air hung thick as the room filled up with anxious community
members. It was finally time to see the visuals of what Code Studio
had been working so diligently on for the past five days. The ideas
flowed in one smooth presentation with “Amens” being
shouted from the crowd. Issues were addressed such as high density
housing, mixed-use development, Courthouse square improvements,
landscaping and the historic assets in our community such as the
train depot. The presentation is included on this page for your
convenience. This is an exciting time for the revitalization of
the Portales Downtown.
View the Work in Progress
Presentation HERE
View Portales
News Tribune Online Coverage of the
"Portales Downtown Presentation"
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