The document outlines plans for a Rural Learning Center campus that will showcase sustainability and receive LEED certification. It will involve radical collaboration between current project partners including local organizations, families, and educational institutions to co-create the campus through a design charrette process in April and June 2008.

1. Rural Learning Center Campus Vision

2. Rural Learning Center Program + Place

4. Sustainability Showcase

6. L.E.E.D Certification (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Sustainable Sites Materials and Resources Water Efficiency Indoor Environmental Quality Energy and Atmosphere

7. Co-Creating A Campus Radical Collaboration

9. Design Charrette Dates April 29-30 June 2

16. Current Project Partners (4/1/2008) MCCR/RLC Koch Hazard Architects Heartland Consumers Power District Energy Maintenance Service City of Howard, SD Local Families Knight and Carver Horizon Health Care, Inc. Northwest Area Foundation US Congress CDBG Program Howard Industries, Inc.

17. Current Project Partners (4/1/2008) Miner County Development Corporation Howard Public Schools SD Governor’s Office of Economic Development American Wind Energy Association SD Community Foundation SDSU School of Engineering SD American Institute of Architects

18. RLC Campus [end]