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charrette en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of charette.
   alt of charette
   • Charrette??? If you've never heard of one you needn't feel alone. At various times the charrette has been described as “process of community planning,” “a vehicle for citizens’ participation” and a “technique for studying and resolving educational facility problems.”’ It is in essence a community planning workshop generally designed around the construction of public facilities. […] Today's charrette is basically a community planning process designed to arrive at implementable plans and solutions to community concerns in a very short time period. 1977, John W. Warden, Citizen Participation. What Others Say…What Others Do…, Charlottesville, Virgina: Mid-Atlantic Center for Community Education, page 6:
   • The canoes and luggage were loaded on a couple of charrettes, or two-wheeled carts. 1895, Henry Van Dyke, “Au Large”, in Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness:

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