About the Competition
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  How To Participate
  Participating Developers
  The Proposal
  Who To Contact
  Resources
TIMELINE

Preliminary information for the 2008 competition follows. Please check back often.

  COMPETITION TIMELINE
 
Event

Date & Time

Location
       
  Invitations mailed to
development organizations



Early December Not applicable
  Applications due from development organizations


Mid-January 2008 Not applicable
  Recruiting for students


Ongoing

Not applicable
 

First Introductory Sessions: Students learn more about the competition and other students.
Please complete the online student registration if you are interested. This will help identify you and your skill set to help the student coordinating committee in the formation of teams.



Tuesday, February 5, 2008
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.



Wednesday, February 6, 2008, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

 

 

 

 

MIT
Building 10, Room 10-485
77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA

Harvard Graduate School of Design, Room 112, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA


  Second Introductory Session: Students form teams and meet the developers


Wednesday, February 13, 2008, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Boston Public Library
McKim Building-Dartmouth Street Entrance
Lower Level, Conference Room A
700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA


 

Team registration deadline




Monday, February 18,
2008, By e-mail to the student coordinating committee.

 

Not applicable

  Team leaders submit developer preferences via e-mail to student coordinating committee


Tuesday, February 19,
2008, By e-mail to the student coordinating committee headed by Hattie Silberberg, at hsilberb@mit.edu.


Not applicable
 

Competition begins!


Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Not applicable
 

First Mentor Meeting: Student teams meet with finance and design mentors. Developers are welcome.


Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Boston Public Library
McKim Building-Dartmouth Street Entrance
Lower Level, Conference Room A
700 Boylston Street, Boston, MA

 



 



 

Competition Workshop

 

Wednesday, March 12,
2008, 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Harvard Graduate School of Design, Room 111
48 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA
Directions 

 

  Second Mentor Meeting

Tuesday, April 1, 2008
6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.


Old South Church
645 Boylston Street
Boston, MA
Directions
 

 

  Proposals due

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
12:00 p.m. (noon)

Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, 111 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA. Directions

Note: When delivering your proposals to the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, please call Theo Noell at 617-292-9668, or the Housing and Community Investment Department at 617-292-9600 in advance of your arrival so that we may register you as a guest to enter the building.

  Awards and reception,
including presentation of
final proposals. Click here to register for the event. Registration Deadline: 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Please Note: All participants in the competition are already pre-registered. This includes student teams, developers, finance and design mentors, faculty advisors, seminar speakers, and competition sponsors. If you are a participant, please do not complete registration.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Goulston & Storrs
400 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA
Directions