The goal of this project was to locate and collect site data for all present and historical dry cleaners in San Diego County. Additional data pertained to dry cleaning sites’ responsible parties and operation status. This report pertains to the first phase of this project, which was conducted by students in Environmental Engineering 558: Solid […]
Sustainable Development Goal: 3 Good Health and Well-Being
Historic walking app for the Village of Pepin
Students created a smartphone app that residents can use to learn about the Village of Pepin’s historic resources. UniverCity Year Contact Info Gavin Luter Managing Director gavin@cows.org 608-261-1141 University Faculty Contact Info Suman Banerjee suman@cs.wisc.edu […]
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Pepin County farmer nitrogen-use survey
In 2020, University of Wisconsin-Madisonresearchers and Pepin County staff studiedfarmer attitudes about nitrogen use, as part of a UniverCity Alliance partnershipto research key issues facing the community.Nitrogen is needed and used on cropland to support agriculture within Pepin County and throughout the state. However, nitrate contamination of groundwater and associated health impacts are a growing […]
Protected: Palmetto Housing and Foreclosure Analysis
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Nueces River Recreation and Ecological Restoration Project
TxTC partnered with H.E. Butt Foundation to develop a conceptual design for a park in Real County, Texas, in June 2020. The community identified this project through an extensive Asset Based Community Development process with Texas Rural Leadership Program (TRLP). In 2017, a group of community members completed the TRLP leadership training and created a […]
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City of Columbus Gateway Corridor and Downtown Landscape Improvement
The City of Columbus partnered with TxTC in 2019 to explore ideas to enhance the overall attractiveness and visual appeal along key corridors. Located 70 miles west of Houston at the crossroads of I-10 and Hwy 71, the City sought landscape improvements along gateway corridors. With about 60 Registered Texas Historic Landmarks, Columbus sees an […]
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City of La Grange Comprehensive Plan
In the fall of 2017 and spring of 2018, more than 130 students in six urban planning and landscape architecture classes worked closely with the City of La Grange (pop. 4,700). Hurricane Harvey hit the week of the first community kick-off meeting, postponing the projects and the start of the fall semester. La Grange is […]
Willacy County Comprehensive Plan
Willacy County is a rural community (pop. 21,515) in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, thirty miles north of Mexico. In 2017, Hispanics and Latinos represented 88% of the population. The County has 16 colonias with some that lack adequate infrastructure for water and sewer. Due to its location along the Gulf of Mexico, […]
EMS Hot Spot Analysis: 2014-2016
This report attempts to identify the locations of the most life-threatening EMS incidents, patterns indicated by data analysis by time of day/day of the week, and potential underlying causes of EMS incidents. We found that the highest concentrations of dispatch calls were in the north-central part of the county, in and around Annapolis, and in […]
Air Quality in Prince George’s County During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Through their work with the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland (UMD), the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) commissioned this report from the university’s Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS). PALS works with local jurisdictions throughout Maryland to identify projects and problems that can be taught through university courses […]
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