The barriers to pedestrian use of the Swedish Edmonds Hospital area are rooted in broad concerns about safety and a lack of stimulating infrastructure. Interviewees commented on pedestrian and bicyclist safety in relation to the high volume of traffic on 76th Avenue West, 220th Street SW, and Pacific Highway 99, citing them as the greatest […]
Focus Area: Equity
Assessing Benchmarking Strategies to Encourage Smart Buildings in Bellevue
The Bellevue Comprehensive Plan identifies a Civic Center District surrounding Bellevue City Hall. This Civic Center vision would integrate City Hall, the “Metro property” adjacent to City Hall, Meydenbauer Convention Center (and its expansion), the existing Transit Center, and the future light rail station. It would interface with the Grand Connection (Meydenbauer Bay to Eastside […]
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Food Systems: Locating an Incubator Kitchen,Recreation: Relocating the 4H Fairgrounds
The 4H Fairgrounds are an important community gathering space, but its current location has some accessibility barriers. Students will conduct a location analysis using Census data and Google Maps to inform selection of a relocation site. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustaining Hoosier Communities Contact Info Jane Rogan Sustaining […]
Public Information Campaigns and Programs
The “Keep Your Farmers Close” campaign aims to help CSA FairShare Coalition achieve the mission of connecting and supporting farmers and eaters by increasing the number of new shareholder sign ups and improving existing shareholder retention. Our research shows that the majority of Dane County community members are passionate about supporting Wisconsingrown food and local […]
Recreation: Relocating the 4H Fairgrounds
The 4H Fairgrounds are an important community gathering space, but its current location has some accessibility barriers. Students will conduct a location analysis using Census data and Google Maps to inform selection of a relocation site. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustaining Hoosier Communities Contact Info Jane Rogan Sustaining […]
Gonzales Comprehensive Plan
The 2012 State of the Community Report is a critical component in identifying where the City of Gonzales currently stands. It provides a baseline by which different facets of the community can be looked at piece by piece, revealing each of their strengths and opportunities as well as weaknesses and potential challenges. However, that portion […]
Legal Strategies for Sustainability
Sustainable development is development that enables the economic, environmental, and equitable health of the current population without compromising the ability of future generations to meet these needs. To accommodate new growth in the coming years, the City of Redmond can implement its own type of sustainable development to ensure a healthy future for all residents. […]
Land Use Scenarios for Leander
Sustainable Land Use Planning classwork focused on two curricular units, each informing the development of land use scenarios for the City of Leander. The first part provided background information on the history, institutional frameworks, purpose, principles and values inherent in land use and comprehensive planning today. The second part covered the background analytic and participatory […]
Seaside Tactical Urbanism
Tactical Urbanism is process of making low-cost and temporary changes to the built environment in order to experiment with and catalyze changes in a city. Seaside Tactical Urbanism (STU) was created by a group of six environmental studies students to explore street interventions on Echo Avenue, a large and underdeveloped street in Seaside. The project […]
Woolen Branch Greenway Extension Planning
Students will research, document and analyze the existing physical condition of the Woolen Mill Branch Corridor and develop conceptual restoration and design proposals to make up a Greenway Vision Plan for the identified area. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Smart Communities Initiative Contact Info University Faculty Contact Brad Collett […]