Academic Year Project Started: 2017-2018

City of La Grange Comprehensive Plan

In the fall of 2017 and spring of 2018, more than 130 students in six urban planning and landscape architecture classes worked closely with the City of La Grange (pop. 4,700). Hurricane Harvey hit the week of the first community kick-off meeting, postponing the projects and the start of the fall semester. La Grange is […]

Pennsylvania Ave Complete Streets Design Alternatives

As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students created complete street designs for Pennsylvania Avenue in Mason City. The City of Mason City has demonstrated a commitment to multi-modal transportation methods by establishing numerous bicycle routes throughout the city; a complete street design of Pennsylvania Avenue builds on the existing […]

Revitalizing Eastern Iowa through a Land Bank

Clinic law students, who are second or third year students at the University of Iowa College of Law participating in the Community Empowerment Law Project (CELP), explored strategies, through a legal lens, to decrease blighted properties and increase affordable housing in Eastern Iowa. In particular, they examined whether a Land Bank might be a feasible […]

“Building Our Brand” Downtown Murals – Brick Furniture Design & Installation

MFA student Ali Hval designed murals with “prairie style” themes for two downtown Mason City locations as part of the community’s “Building Our Brand” campaign. Ali also painted the mural designed for the Brick Furniture building. […]

“Building Our Brand” Downtown Murals – City Center Building Design Proposal

MFA student Ali Hval designed murals with “prairie style” themes for two downtown Mason City locations as part of the community’s “Building Our Brand” campaign. […]

Clinton Downtown Mural

MFA student Ali Hval designed and painted a mural in downtown Clinton, Iowa, assisted by fellow MFA student Marina Ross. Artist Ali Hval was selected by the Office of Outreach & Engagement to design and install a mural for an exterior wall located in downtown Clinton. She recruited fellow artist and MFA student Marina Ross […]

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Clinton Economic Development Plan

As part of their capstone project, second-year graduate students from the School of Urban & Regional Planning created an economic development plan for the City of Clinton and surrounding micropolitan area. The City of Clinton was settled as a lumber community and grew into a thriving manufacturing center. Jobs after high school were easy to […]

Community Storytelling Project – Grant Wood Loop

Students from a variety of disciplines taking Community Development in the Upper Midwest produced videos that tell stories from the Grant Wood Loop, located in eastern Iowa, through their own experiences in the region and interviews with local residents. Inâ€¯Springâ€¯2018, the University of Iowa School of Urban and Regional Planning, in cooperation with the Iowa […]

Messaging Sustainability for Environmental Health

The Montgomery County Department of Parks has asked our team of Environmental Science and Policy majors at the University of Maryland, to assist in developing creative ways to effectively message sustainability as a way to protect the health of County citizens. This paper highlights suggestions for ways to effectively do so. It focuses on the […]

Greywater Implementation in Montgomery County

The Montgomery County Parks Department needs to adopt an alternative water source to secure the future of their water supply at their Damascus and Cabin John facilities. A greywater system is a viable option. Greywater is a sustainable, innovative water source collected from sinks and ice shavings for reuse options, conserving water, and reducing energy. […]

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