The Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design™ (CIRD) will convene a three-day community workshop in partnership with Oregon Country Food Producers and Artisans Co-Op, in Alton, Missouri, Oregon County.

The workshop will feature a multi-disciplinary resource team, including Kirsten Stoltz, Programming Director of M12 Studio, and landscape architects, Jesse and Emily Vogler, from the University of Washington in St. Louis, and Rhode Island School of Architecture. Maria Sykes, founder of Epicenter was also part of the resource team, will present on how to create an inclusive community space and programming for a town of roughly 800 people.