Willacy County is a rural community (pop. 21,515) in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, thirty miles north of Mexico. In 2017, Hispanics and Latinos represented 88% of the population. The County has 16 colonias with some that lack adequate infrastructure for water and sewer. Due to its location along the Gulf of Mexico, […]
Academic Year Project Started: 2019-2020
Downtown revitalization and redevelopment plan for Durand
This report was created by a team of graduate students in the Urban and Regional Planning master’sdegree program at University of Wisconsin–Madisonon behalf of the City of Durand, Wisconsin. The project came to life througha partnership with the UniverCity Alliance program, where students, faculty,and professionalstaffin the University of Wisconsin system collaborated with local officials on […]
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Bellevue Regional Stormwater Structure
As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students created designs for flood impact mitigation measures in Bellevue, Iowa, including culvert improvements, drainage channels, and residentail flood walls. Recent updates to the flood maps of Bellevue, Iowa, have carried serious impacts for citizens within the community. The updates have added multiple […]
Bellevue Residential Land Development and Spec House Design
As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students created designs for development of a new residential neighborhood in Bellevue, as well as a stormwater management plan for the site. The City of Bellevue requested the design of a residential neighborhood that includes on and off site utility location and size, […]
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Beacon City Hall Engineering & Design
As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students designed a new city hall building for the City of Beacon, and provided recommendations for teardown and disposal of the existing building, including ways to divert materials from the landfill. […]
A Long Life for Long Branch: Tools to Preserve Independent Retailers
Through their work with the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland, the Montgomery County Planning Department commissioned this report from the university’s Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS). PALS works with local jurisdictions throughout Maryland to identify projects and problems that can be taught through university courses where students focus […]
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Fitness Portal Needs and Feasibility Assessment for M-NCPPC Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation
The Prince George’s County Parks and Recreation Department is seeking to develop an online portal to deliver fitness content. This report presents an initial needs and feasibility assessment of the opportunities and challenges that setting up a portal would involve. The report also includes information on how a portal could be implemented. […]
User Research for Youth Sports Division Website: Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation
In the last legislative session, a new Maryland law was passed addressing youth sports delivery that presents an exciting new challenge for the Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation. The Department is in the process of establishing a new division to meet this challenge while continuing to deliver a wide variety of sports […]
Drainage Solutions
The purpose of this document is to provide a drainage plan for the Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation that establishes the purpose and reasoning for implementing new drainage technologies that use the most cost-effective treatment options. This report is based on drainage analysis tests performed at two County golf courses—Paint Branch Golf […]
Information Seeking by Under-Represented Communities
Prince George’s County Parks and Recreation offers recreation programs, facilities, and services throughout the entire county to its residents and visitors. The county operates and maintains more than 27,000 acres of parkland for parks, picnic areas, athletic fields, historic sites, community centers, and recreation facilities. The county also seeks to preserve parts of this parkland […]
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