This report contains the collected work of graduate student groups in PPPM 629: Public Budget Administration over the course of fall term 2022. These student groups conducted research to evaluate and forecast productivity of revenue generating activities for consideration by the city of Sisters to augment their Affordable Housing Reserve Fund. The revenue sources presented […]
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This product is designed for Explore Sisters as a client of the University of Oregon’s Nonprofit Management Consultancy capstone course in Spring of 2023 in partnership with the University of Oregon’s Sustainable Cities Year Program. A team of four graduate students consulted for ten weeks by interviewing similar destination management organizations (DMO), facilitating a board […]
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University of Oregon Architecture students proposed site designs and adaptive reuse ideas for the existing Sisters Elementary School and outdoor recreational uses and affordable housing. Student housing proposals fell into four main categories: 1) Housing on top of the school 2) Housing on the west side of the site 3) Housing in groups of clusters […]
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The city of Sisters identified the need for 1,100 housing units to accommodate its 2041 projected population growth and is exploring “efficiency measures” as an alternative to expanding its urban growth boundary. Final year Architecture students studied the situation and considered contemporary approaches to how people are choosing to live as the definition of “family” […]
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Situated in the northwest pocket of Deschutes County, Sisters includes varied outdoor recreation options, beautiful scenery, and top tier hiking and mountain biking trails. The city’s thriving downtown is bisected by East Cascade Avenue, which bustles with economic activity and serves as a throughway to Redmond, Bend, and central Oregon. The street is often congested […]
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The primary goals of this project were to review and assess the implementation of the 1989 Balboa Park Master Plan and provide recommendations for future plan updates. In the first chapter of this report, we discuss previous planning efforts, including the 1989 Balboa Park Master Plan, City of San Diego General Plan, and the 2021 […]
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In hopes of diminishing the urban-rural divide in Oregon, the Rural Engagement & Vitality (REV) Center, a joint venture of Eastern Oregon University and Wallowa Resources, has partnered with Sarah Greenman to create a play that will tell “unheard narratives” from state residents (REV Center, 2020). The Urban-Rural Theater Project will be a verbatim play […]
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In summer of 2016, the Tyler County and the City of Ivanhoe started collaboration with Texas Target Communities to assess current community conditions and explore future development strategies. The project aimed to enhance community-wide discussion through a public participatory process, resulting in the development of a strategic and comprehensive plan to help guide the future […]
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The city of Pacific Grove requested that a particular area of their city be mapped showing where handicap ramps, specifically sidewalk-to-street ramps, are located. The purpose of mapping the locations of these handicap ramps is to determine where other handicap ramps might be needed or improved upon. It is important that the city of Pacific […]
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This project maps street light density in Pacific Grove. Mapping street light density would be useful in determining when deciding where to construct or remove street lights. Sometimes in cities, there is too much or too little light on certain roads. Bigger roads that generally have more traffic need more light and quieter neighborhood roads […]
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