RURAL COMMUNITIES DESIGN INITIATIVE

The Rural Communities Design Initiative (RCDI) is a collaborative effort between WSU design disciplines at the School of Design + Construction, including WSU faculty in history, business, sociology, anthropology & communications, WSU Extension, and rural community partners throughout the Pacific Northwest. The RCDI aims to enhance the social, cultural, economic, and natural capital of unique rural places through design interventions in the physical environment... The mission of the Rural Communities Design Initiative (RCDI) is to promote economic prosperity in small rural communities through a participatory process engaging a university and private sector collaboration with community members. The RCDI employs the physical environment to contextualize community capacity for innovation and provides technical support in the development of each communities unique plan of action for developing and sustaining economic vitality... The Rural Communities Design Initiative [RCDI] operates..

Also known as: RCDI

Primary location: Pullman United States