Do you know what a Charette is?

I came across the word on the Smyrna city website and will openly admit total ignorance of the word. A word that has never crossed my path in this life.

The oddly worded link was on the meetings page.

Public Charette For Smyrna Comprehensive Plan

Not sure what it is, but it sounds painful if done wrong. Well off to Wiki to see what a Charette is.

To start with, what it is may be misspelled.

A charrette (often misspelled charette and sometimes called a design charrette) consists of an intense period of design activity.

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The word charrette can refer to any collaborative session in which a group of designers drafts a solution to a design problem. While the structure of a charrette varies depending on the design problem and the individuals in the group, charrettes often take place in multiple sessions in which the group divides into sub-groups. Each sub-group then presents its work to the full group as material for future dialogue. Such charrettes serve as a way of quickly generating a design solution while integrating the aptitudes and interests of a diverse group of people. Compare workshop.

Sadly the city of Smyrna has a habit of putting releases such as this out in PDF form only. With the magic of screen shots, and a little work in MS Paint, I bring you the Charrette for the city.


The second image mentions the Wilbur Smith Associates. On this page they are described as this.

Wilbur Smith Associates (WSA) provides a wide range of specialized services in the field of environmental and municipal engineering for governments and public agencies, institutions, industries, military installations, airports, and private land development projects. Our professional staff includes civil engineers, sanitary engineers, mechanical engineers, hydrologists and other related experts. These services are provided from various offices throughout the country, and range from preliminary studies of feasibility through all stages of design and construction engineering.

This is a meeting that people who want to live here, and have a say in the cities future, needs to attend.