On March 18th, 2016, Rural Planning and Development graduate students in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development hosted the inaugural “Rural Romp”. Planning students from across the province were invited to learn about the unique challenges of planning in rural areas and allowed University of Guelph students to showcase their research.
See full OAC news article here [1].
The School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) brings together major academic fields concerned with creating strong communities, in Canada and around the world. The four highly respected programs in SEDRD share many common goals but approach them in different and complementary ways. This model reflects the imperatives in building authentic communities where planners, landscape architects, communicators, and citizens all play important interdependent roles in community strength.