To address the lack of trails and poor connectivity in Muscatine, IA, students in the School of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Iowa prepared a connectivity study, which included recommendations on trail improvements and expansions. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities Contact […]
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Evaluation of Intercultural Specialist Program
To conduct a formative evaluation of the Intercultural Specialist program for Eastern Carver County School District Community Education. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Resilient Communities Project Contact Info University Faculty Contact Zobeida Bonilla Public Health Local Government / Community Contact Jackie Johnston […]
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Stormwater inlets in the City of Salinas- Data dictionary and gap analysis
To consolidate the two data sets (InletsByZone and swInlet) taken of Salinas’ stormwater inlet drains, data points were verified and validated through a series of steps; if the points on both data sets’ overlapped, the data point was considered verified, if the points differed slightly or only one layer was present, Google Earth’s “street-view” feature […]
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Emergency Medical Services Project
To decrease the frequency of repeat 911 callers by finding alternative options and community resources that are more appropriate to their needs rather than repeated use of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Utilization of alternative options and resources for low acuity, non-emergent patients will help increase the availability of EMS to higher acuity patients, decrease offload […]
Washington Free Public Library Mural Painting
Through a partnership with Arts Share, Erin Rappleye, a University of Iowa Masters of Fine Arts graduate student, designed a 2-story mural for the Washington Public Library as part of an effort to provide public art in the alleyway and enhance downtown Washington. There was a ribbon cutting for the mural in fall 2015. Read […]
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Columbus Junction Community Storytelling Project
Through a partnership with the City of Columbus Junction, the Columbus Junction, and the Upward Bound afterschool program, this course will explore a planning framework that links community members’ personal connections to their home with future planning and decision-making. Central to the course is a community engagement practicum, in which students will employ storytelling with […]
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Parks & Recreation Department Funding
This report summarizes the student design proposals for redeveloping three sites in downtown Albany, Oregon. University of Oregon Architecture students were tasked with iden fying op ons to increase ac vity within the respec ve sites in the downtown region. The projects were divided into three separate proposals; these three integrated architectural components consis ng […]
Downtown Albany St. Francis Hotel Viability
This report summarizes the student design proposals for redeveloping three sites in downtown Albany, Oregon. University of Oregon Architecture students were tasked with identifying op ons to increase activity within the respective sites in the downtown region.The projects were divided into three separate proposals; these three integrated architectural components consisting of the categories “eat, shop, […]
Industrial Ecology
This report summarizes the work done by students in the Industrial Ecology class at the University of Oregon during fall term 2010. The students explored industrial ecology concepts to evaluate opportunities in two business cases in the Salem area: the City of Salem’s Willow Lake Water Pollution Control Facility (Willow Lake) and NORPAC Foods, Inc. […]
Public Art map web overlay
This semester, the City has worked extensively on building an online platform capable of being used by the students to collect high accuracy GPS data from their own mobile devices. This approach uses new GPS receiver technology that is being lent out by the City of Bozeman GIS department directly to the students participating in […]