COUNCIL BLUFFS VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR PLACE GAME FACILITATOR TRAINING
June 18, 2009
June 18, 2009
COUNCIL BLUFFS VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT FOR PLACE GAME FACILITATOR TRAINING
OMAHA – The Neighborhood Center and Omaha by Design are bringing the Place Game process to Council Bluffs.
The Place Game, a service of Omaha by Design, is an organized way of helping groups brainstorm potential improvements to the public spaces in their corner of the city. It’s a two-hour workshop that focuses on analyzing specific sites within a neighborhood or other geographic area. Each workshop is tailored to the needs of the host neighborhood organization or civic group. Volunteer facilitators help conduct the workshops.
In order to begin offering the Place Game service in Council Bluffs, local volunteers are sought to serve as workshop facilitators. The Neighborhood Center’s Council Bluffs office would like to identify a core group of eight to 10 volunteers who can help offer the workshops in Council Bluffs on an ongoing basis. Facilitator training will be provided. All Place Game workshops in Council Bluffs will be coordinated through the Neighborhood Center’s Council Bluffs office.
“The Place Game is a great way for groups to gain consensus on identifying and pursuing individual neighborhood projects that could be funded through grant support,” said Ron Abdouch, executive director of the Neighborhood Center.
For more information or to volunteer for facilitator training, contact Abdouch at 402.561.7882 or rabdouch@mail.unomaha.edu. For more information about Omaha by Design, visit www.omahabydesign.org.
The Neighborhood Center’s Council Bluffs office at 536 East Broadway is supported by grants from the Iowa West Foundation and the City of Council Bluffs. For more information, call 712.256.5007.