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Abstract
The Boggs Rural Life Center (BRLC) occupies the campus of the historic Boggs Academy, which operated from 1906 – 1984 as a boarding school for African-Americans. The BRLC requested a charrette to find new, purposeful and sustainable ways to sustain the historic 1,232 acre property, including a 60 acre campus, 24 buildings spanning many decades, and acres of timber. The charrette was a collaboration with Boggs Academy alumni and local advocates in a celebration of the school and the development of rehabilitation strategies using the campus as a rural retreat for teaching, learning and community service.