Key Points
- The Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design (CIRD) is a leadership initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Housing Assistance Council.
- Focusing on communities with populations of 50,000 or fewer, CIRD’s goal is to enhance the quality of life and economic viability of rural America through planning, design, and creative placemaking.
- Every two years, the NEA seeks rural communities of 50,000 people or fewer to apply for the Citizens’ Institute on Rural Design program.
- Applicants must identify a specific design challenge to address through the CIRD program; be able to participate in CIRD as indicated in participation expectations; and plan a workshop with staff during the designated period of programming.
FIM Opportunities
Participation in this program could be used for partners engaged in Food Is Medicine efforts within communities to amplify and demonstrate the connection between design, food, culture, and health in rural communities.
Examples of workshops funded through this mechanism are below:
