Young Charlestonians learn how to plan cities
It's not easy to design a city, some of Charleston's young citizens learned Friday.
Everything has to balance, said 12-year-old Charlie Black. "People are happy they have parks, but they also need jobs and a place to live."
Charlie was one of a dozen 11- to 15-year-olds who participated in the Charleston Civic Design Center's City Challenge.
Michael Maher, the center's director, said the city has been bringing in groups of young people for the day-long program for past three years. Center leaders teach the students the basic concepts of urban design, he said. Then, they have them build model cities with Legos using the lessons they've learned.
The center's job is to engage the community in creating an urban design direction for the city, Maher said, so education is an important part of the its mission.
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