How has the community participated in the design of the Ed Roberts Campus?
How will the Ed Roberts Campus benefit the Disability Movement?
How has the community participated in the design of the ERC?
The Ed Roberts Campus's design is the result of a conscientious effort to balance the programmatic needs of the partners and the interests and concerns of the disability and neighborhood communities. The Ed Roberts Campus began an extensive community outreach effort to the neighborhood and disability communities in 1998 prior to initiating any architectural design work. This design is the culmination of over ten architectural design schemes that included the active participation of the key stakeholders including the Ed Roberts Campus partners, City of Berkeley, BART, the disability and neighborhood communities. In 2000, the Ed Roberts Campus conducted an intensive outreach effort to the neighborhoods surrounding the Ashby BART station, and coordinated this outreach with the architectural design process. The Ed Roberts Campus submitted its application for a Use Permit to the City of Berkeley in 2002. Outreach to the community will continue during the construction of the Ed Roberts Campus. A few highlights of the Ed Roberts Campus's community outreach:
Held four well-attended public Community Design Workshops with the Ed Roberts Campus architects.
Distributed four editions of the Ed Roberts Campus News newsletter door-to-door in the project area.
Facilitated four intimate "kitchen chats" with residents in their homes.
Made numerous presentations to established neighborhood and merchant associations.
Held frequent meetings with community leaders and other stakeholders.
Created and maintained an informational website and list-serve.