Comments on: Charrette or Charade? http://alachuavoterguide.com/blog/2008/12/19/charrette-or-charade/ Where all politics is local... Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:42:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Terry http://alachuavoterguide.com/blog/2008/12/19/charrette-or-charade/comment-page-1/#comment-5133 Terry Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:40:21 +0000 http://alachuavoterguide.com/blog/?p=211#comment-5133 We had a charrette held in our local town in Scotland last year and every time it is mentioned in the press they always mention how great public support was. When you mention the Charrette to any local person, they will usually reply what is the charrette? I think you summed up the whole point of the charrette well when you say: 'The bottom line, therefore, is that charrettes enable planning ideas that are unpopular with the general public to gain legitimacy and approval from elected officials. ' That statement is certainly true for our area. The local authority had some controversial plans prior to the charrette which had been heavily opposed. These same plans are now all approved due to the charrette and they can advertise the plans as being supported by the public. We had a charrette held in our local town in Scotland last year and every time it is mentioned in the press they always mention how great public support was. When you mention the Charrette to any local person, they will usually reply what is the charrette?

I think you summed up the whole point of the charrette well when you say: ‘The bottom line, therefore, is that charrettes enable planning ideas that are unpopular with the general public to gain legitimacy and approval from elected officials. ‘

That statement is certainly true for our area. The local authority had some controversial plans prior to the charrette which had been heavily opposed. These same plans are now all approved due to the charrette and they can advertise the plans as being supported by the public.

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