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For the Task Force to further develop its vision, the Town contracted with the Durham Area Designers (DAD) to host a workshop in the Summer of 2008. The information from early Task Force meetings provided a foundation for this interactive process. The community design workshop was on Saturday, June 7, 2008. The objective was to find a community consensus for components of the proposed small area plan. The Components of a small area plan include: • Land use guidelines • Appearance guidelines • An expanded multi-modal transportation network • Infrastructure improvements • Community development strategies The workshop included a presentation describing the community and introduced tools and concepts for use during the workshop. Attendees divided into three teams desig- nated A, B, and C. Two members of the DAD Urban Design Assistance Team were at each team table to facilitate the work and provide design assistance for visualizing the team members' ideas. The workshop included two design sessions at which each team developed ideas. These ideas included a new road and trail network, suggestions for types of development in specific areas of the community, and plans for preservation of Rogers Road's unique cultural heritage. After each of the design sessions, each team shared its ideas with the group. This process allowed ideas to become the property of each team as it molded its conceptual plan of future development in the Rogers Road community. The individual plans developed by each team are included in Figure 8 on page 16. 15 From the analysis of the different schemes developed at the design workshop, the Urban Design Assistance Team proposed a plan for both land use and open space as well as written recommendations. This work was presented to the task force and workshop attendees at a meeting on July 31, 2008, at which time the findings and the proposed land use plan were presented for discussion and approval. The final land use plan (Figure 9) and recommendations are presented in the next section.