As part of its year‐long collaboration with the University of Oregon Sustainable City Year program, the City of Salem Economic Development Division engaged with the Community Planning Workshop (CPW) to conduct a Strategic Economic Prosperity Plan. The plan is a five‐year internal action plan that is intended to help the City and its economic development […]
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Webster City GIS Wayfinding
As part of the ICIGO student organization within the Department of Geographical and Sustainability Sciences, students will examine wayfinding placement in Webster City, Iowa. They will be using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) tools to identify and recommend placement locations for signage within the city. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. […]
Wellness Park
As part of the Senior Design Capstone Course in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the students had the opportunity to complete the engineering plans for locating and constructing ball fields, new trails, parking facilities, and ancillary structures for the city of Washington. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. […]
Essex Old School Building – Strategic Plan for Adaptive Reuse
As part of his graduate capstone project, Sports & Recreation management student Chris Gelhaus provided recommendations for the reuse of a historic school gymnasium in Essex, Iowa. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities Contact Info University Faculty Contact Packy Moran Sports and Recreation Management Local […]
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Iowa City Plan for 2228
As a part of the 8 Generational Plan: Envisioning Cities course taught in the School of Urban and Regional Planning, a group of 10 UI students will present their long-term visions for Iowa City as America’s Next Great Regenerative City. This collaborative innovation tournament is the culmination of a new course titled “Eight Generational Planning: […]
Developing a Real-Time Budget Impact and Quality-of-Life Dashboard
A team of undergraduate computer science students participating in BU Spark! will build a real-time, online dashboard visualizing information about Chelsea’s city services and priority budget impact areas. This scorecard project will be similar to the Mayor’s Dashboard in Boston City Hall. The City of Chelsea will use this new tool to instantly access information […]
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Exploratory Research into Rural Public Transportation
Access to reliable transportation is critical for workplace commutes, accessing child care, and obtaining medical care. Public transportation options are limited in rural areas such as New Albany and Union County, and community meetings connected to the comprehensive planning process revealed an interest in exploring strategies to develop public transportation alternatives. Read the final student […]
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Municipal Park Programming & Resident Engagement
A team of CED 475 students will conduct a community needs assessment for Halfmoon Township, focused on identifying residents’ interests in recreational programming at their Autumn Meadow Park. The township will use the project findings as the basis for preparing a township recreational plan, and potentially for grants. Read the final student report delivered to […]
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St. Paul Campus Bicycle Master Plan
A team of MBA students will act as consultants for St. Thomas Facilities to examine the question – what makes a campus conducive to biking and what does this look like for the St. Paul campus? Students will conduct interviews, surveys, and focus groups to examine the barriers and benefits of biking to campus for […]
Analyzing Trends in Gentrification and Displacement
A team of undergraduate computer science students participating in BU Spark! will compile and analyze various datasets to understand how real estate prices, homeownership, and business ownership trends have changed over time. The City of Chelsea will use this information to visualize, contextualize, and analyze how rising real estate prices may be contributing to displacement […]
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