Recent Cinema Arts grad Philip Rabalais teamed up with current film student Timmer Penny to create a short film documentary of the Hero Hustle, an annual event that takes place in Manchester Iowa. Enjoy the video below! […]
Case type: Project Story
Manchester – Public Art Project
MFA students will design and install a public art piece for the Manchester community, driven by a process of public engagement so that the piece reflects the values, stories and/or identity of the community. […]
Manchester – Shelly Park Redevelopment
As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students created designs for improvements to Manchester’s Shelly Park, a highly used amenity adjacent to the whitewater rafting course on the Maquoketa River. Shelly Park Redevelopment has a couple design challenges. The City of Manchester’s goal for the park redevelopment is to include […]
Manchester – Tree Inventory
As part of the ICIGO student organization within the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, students will conduct an on-site tree study and create a GIS-based digital inventory for city-owned trees in Manchester, Iowa. […]
Manchester – Waterway and Dry Run Remediation and Redevelopment / Plan for Displaced Households
As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students designed stormwater infrastructure to minize flooding impacts in Manchester, particularly for structures newly identified as being in the floodplain after recent redrawing of maps. In 2015, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources conducted a map update of the City’s waterways along the […]
Manchester – West Delaware Community School District Marketing & Branding
Marketing students in the Tippie College of Business Marketing Institute developed a marketing strategy to promote the West Delaware County Community School District and to help stem recent open enrollment out of the district. The West Delaware County Community School District (West Delaware CCSD) is based in Manchester, Iowa and serves the communities of Dundee, […]
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Manchester – Fire Department Cold Storage Building and Parking Lot Engineering & Design
As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students created designs and provided cost estimates for an expansion to the Manchester Fire Department. The Manchester Fire Department recently acquired a lot behind the fire station and have an interest in using the space to construct a storage facility and pave the […]
Manchester – Maquoketa River Pedestrian Bridge
As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students created designs for improvements to Manchester’s Schram park, including a pedestrian bridge over the Maquoketa River, a parking lot, and a trail connection that links to the existing trail network. The goal of this project was to revitalize the Schram Park area […]
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Manchester – Subdivision Site Plan and Engineering
As part of their Senior Design Capstone course, Civil & Environmental Engineering students created a master plan for development of a 24-acre greenfield site in Manchester, Iowa.. Manchester Enterprises Incorporated (MEI) is a non-profit development group in the City of Manchester. They have acquired 24 acres of land near the intersection of Highway 20 and […]
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Waterloo – Church Row Walkability Audit
Combined with the effort to create the Church Row neighborhood plan, a course in the School of Planning & Public Affairs assessed the walkability and accessibility of the Church Row neighborhood, particularly focusing issues of equity that include safety, access to employment and basic needs services, public transportation, parks and open space, and more. The […]