WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SENIOR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES SECOND LIFE: A LIVABLE COMMUNITY PROJECT

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WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SENIOR PROGRAMS
AND SERVICESSECOND LIFE A LIVABLE COMMUNITY
PROJECT

• Contest Information

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Second Life A Livable Community Project

• Contest Description
• The object of this competition is to create a 3D
  Intergenerational livable community space and
  design in which people can grow up and grow old
  comfortably

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Eligibility

• You are eligible to enter this contest if you
• Are a student attending a Westchester based
  academic institution
• Register with Westchester Alliance
• Program and Technical Coordinator for
• Livable Community Project
• Will designate a Livable Community Team
• of no more than 4 students
• Must be willing to present project at a location
  determined by advisory committee

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Start and End Dates
Launch date October 1, 2008 End date December
15 , 2008
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Contest Requirements

• Register with the Westchester Alliance and
  Technical coordinator for Livable Community
  Project
• Team should communicate with Livable Community
  Advisory Committee
• Team must adhere to requirements stipulated by
  technical coordinator these requirements
  include communication through a system
  established by technical coordinator
• Follow instruction posted on website
• Project presentation must be completed by end
  date in order to be considered for cash award or
  honorable mention

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Judging Information
The presentation that receives the highest
score, as determined by the judges, will be
declared the winner. Judging will be based
on Creativity - 25 Originality-
25 Feasibility in real world- 25 Quality of
Presentation- 25
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Prizes

• 500 Award to the winning team
• 2nd Prize Honorable Mention
• Certificate of Participation will be awarded to
• each team member
• Acknowledgement on
• The Westchester County
• Department of Senior Programs and
• Services Website
• The Westchester Public/Private
• Partnership for Aging Services Website

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Winner information

• Winning team will be announced at
• presentation site

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Sponsors

• The Westchester County
• Department of Senior
• Programs and Services
• The Westchester Alliance of Academic
• Institutions for Aging Related Studies
• and Workforce Development
• Westchester Public/Private
• Partnership for Aging Services
• IBM
• Helen Andrus Benedict
• Foundation
• United Way of Westchester
• and Putnam

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More information

• We encourage
• Interdisciplinary teams
• Community college and university collaborations
• Intergenerational teams

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For additional information about Second
Life/Livable Community Contest Requirements or
the Westchester Alliance please contact
Colette Phipps, Executive Director (914)
813-6441
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Are you ready ?