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ReDI: The Retail Deployment InitiativeLeading architects, designers, engineers, local governments and community organizations are launching an ambitious initiative to help the Gulf region address one of the pressing needs still faced in many communities two years after the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina: a dearth of retail outlets to provide basic goods and services.
The Retail Deployment Initiative (ReDI) is developing a low-cost solution for areas still without local access to staples such as groceries, clothing and telephone and other communications services and equipment.
ReDI, spearheaded by Metropolis magazine and prefabricated design / build firm Modern Modular, will create a series of prefabricated buildings that will serve as both transitional retail "general stores" and community centers.
ReDI structures are being designed to be quickly deployable, highly functional, attractive, durable and sustainable.
All of the structures will employ sustainable materials and have self-contained power, water and telecommunications sources.
The firms involved are donating their skills and resources and working closely with community organizations and local government officials leading the region's recovery efforts.
ReDI is simultaneously initiating discussions with leading U.S. retailers and marketers of essential goods and services to brand and operate the retail outlets during a three-year transitional period.
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October 29, 2007 | Viewed 25,162 time(s)
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