Give a man a fish they eat for a day, teach some kid to love his city...

...and he may get sick of fish and try a burger.

An interesting project is currently looking for some help. "Look Up to Cleveland" (website currently under construction) is looking for designers that would be willing to help out teams of high school kids from around the region develop civic plans for an undetermined community.

Sounds pretty cool to me.

Here is a little teaser from the flyer.

BE A PART OF AN EXCITING TEAM!!!

SEEKING . . . . .

ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS

TO SERVE AS TECHNICAL ADVISORS

NEED: Individuals interested in planning and urban design to volunteer their time as team

advisors working with 16-17 high school juniors to develop goal driven Civic Vision

plans for Cleveland and a designated neighborhood. The high school students are

enrolled in Look Up To Cleveland, a program for outstanding student leaders who

represent public, private and parochial schools throughout Cuyahoga County.

Teams will incorporate the following components in their plan:

Residential Recreation / Open Space

Commercial Special Uses

Industrial

Since I don't have much in the way of a website I will offer the link to the word document flyer as well as the tech adviser form, both of which come to us from AIA Cleveland.

I would expect great things from these kids, unencumbered with all the horrible lessons of urban design so many strap to themselves throughout their time in a typically formulaic program. Great things indeed.