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Minnesota Design Team and Livable Rochester board member Adam Ferrari has been named 2009 AIA Associate Award winner!
Adam Ferrari is one of three recipients of this year’s distinguished AIA Associate Award, the highest honor given to individual Associate AIA members for demonstrated and unparalleled commitment to their component or region’s membership, in the community, in professional organizations, and/or in the design and construction industries. Congratulations, Adam!
Read more about Adam’s contributions to the architecture profession, community, and MDT here.
Will we protect and improve our unique small-town character? Will we design our city to reflect the full diversity of human needs? Will we preserve our built heritage and farm land? Will we develop in ways that are economically viable and environmentally sustainable? Navigate through this page of facts, opinions and spirited discussions on a variety of topics.
Faced with the continued decay of America’s beloved and historic commercial cores across the country, the National Trust began their Main Street campaign in the 1970’s.What began as a pilot project among a few select Midwestern cities, has developed into one of the most successful economic generating preservation programs in history. The approach, patented by the Main Street organization, begins with local assets (community leaders, heritage, history, architecture, local businesses) and focuses the revitalization in four areas: Organization, Promotion, Design, and Economic Restructuring. The purpose of these focus areas is to establish a committee or group to provide an armature for each that can facilitate sustainable organization, building improvements, recruitment of new enterprises, production of events, and attracting people back downtown…
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2/10/2009
By Jeffrey Pieters
Post-Bulletin, Rochester MN
By spring, the Rochester City Council might be appointing members to a volunteer commission focused on energy concerns.
Five of the six council members at Monday’s Committee of the Whole meeting expressed support for a commission that would recommend energy-efficiency improvements for public buildings, recommend steps to reduce pollution, and develope incentives for builders and businesses to “go green.”
