Details - West Windsor Township

Design and Visioning Workshops
Kick-off Workshops are typically staged for
organizing and introducing the consultant team
to our clients, each other, and/or the community
at large. A generalized understanding of the
issues at hand is reviewed using large-format
posters and PowerPoint slide shows. Scheduling,
appropriate contacts, and invoicing procedures are
also agreed upon. The most important aspect of
Hillier workshops is that they generate excitement
and create a project spirit of collaboration. At
times these early meetings are an opportunity
for community feedback to begin prior to formal
Stakeholder Interviews and Workshops. Hillier
takes these sessions very seriously as the
information gathered shapes future plans based
on the values, objectives, goals, and concerns
expressed. Typical workshop participants include
residents, business owners, landowners, client
steering committees, municipal representatives,
and professionals from our consulting team.
Vision Workshops may grow out of stakeholder
interviews or be an integrated part. The purpose
of visioning is to generate a series of concept
“ideas” and establish “planning principles” that
will be used by Hillier Urban Designers to create
and evaluate alternative scenarios. The consultant
team will assist participants in this task by
providing base data, best practices, comparable
project images, and technical presentations by
professionals. A typical format for a participatory
visioning workshop would include the following:
A. INFORMATION FOLDER
· Workshop Agenda
· Consultant Team List
· Project Schedule
· Planning Principles Worksheet
· Design Worksheet
· Existing Conditions & Best Practices
Handbook
· Workshop Evaluation Form
B. TOOLKIT
· Scaled Base Maps
· Scaled “Planning or Design Prototypes”
· Drawing and Cutting Accessories
· Comment Flip Chart
· “Call Signs” for Consultants (specialists)
Questions
C. FINDINGS PRESENTATION AND
DOCUMENTATION
· Digital Photograph of Each Group’s Process
and Ideas
· PowerPoint Template for Each Group’s
Presentation
· Hard copies of Maps/Drawings and Comment
Flip Charts