This project was completed as part of the 2017-2018 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Ramsey. The City of Ramsey has a successful business retention and expansion (BRE) program that has been focused on small-business development and growth. To advance these efforts, the City would like to pursue new initiatives to attract, […]
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This project was completed as part of the 2017-2018 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Ramsey. Ramsey is fortunate to have several public parks for residents to use, but not all residents have the same level of access to these parks. Students in Dr. Mae Davenport’s Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy […]
This project is sponsored in part by the Jonestown City Council with Marilee Pfannstiel as the Community Development Director of Jonestown, and in part by Frank Phelan, P.E. from Jay Engineering Company. Mr. Phelan was commissioned by the city to design their public sewer system and is the engineering lead for the students in the […]
This project was completed as part of the 2017-2018 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Ramsey. Approximately every five years, the City updates its capital improvement plans and sources of funding, including development fees charged to builders for new developments. To remain competitive with peer communities, the City wanted to assess its […]
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This project examined households in the city of Seaside which have received rebates for purchasing water-saving appliances. The goal of this project is to see which income levels make a household more likely to purchase a water-saving appliance with a rebate and whether or not distance from a major retailer has an effect on said […]
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This paper is presented to the La Pine Senior Center and the city of La Pine by the University of Oregon’s spring 2018 Nonprofit Management Consultancy capstone course. A team of three graduate students spent a ten-week term interviewing stakeholders, researching the organization and the market, performing an analysis, and ultimately providing recommendations to increase […]
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This document outlines work done by graduate students in the Public Folklore and Cultural Programming course in the Arts & Administration Department during the Winter term 2010 and provides recommendations to the Gresham Redevelopment Commission for further study. The objective of this work was to build community identity in the Rockwood neighborhood by beginning the […]
This is part of a year-long engagement with this project. During the fall quarter, students will identify and summarize available data to help describe Auburn’s 5 neighborhoods. Students will conduct stakeholder interviews, and will identify aspects of shared identity and diversity. Students will create a community profile of each of Auburn’s 5 neighborhoods to support […]
This multi-pronged project will enable Auburn’s residents and local businesses to connect with each other. Students will develop a website and mobile application to gain information about local businesses and buy products and services. The project will also include a marketing component, helping local businesses to better advertise to a wider audience. In the fall […]
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This document is a compiled review of design standards that wil provide the City of Gresham with best practices related to large-scale commercial design standards and development regulations. For large-scale commercial or retail projects, it is important that a community’s design review program ensures development qualities consistent with the following urban design principles or values […]
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