During spring 2014, the Sage Project provided the students of Dr. Iana Castro’s MKTG372 Retail Marketing Methods course, at SDSU, the opportunity to create a new retail marketing plan for Big B Market & Deli. Big B is a corner store located in a small community of National City. The overall goal of the project […]
Sustainable Development Goal: 3 Good Health and Well-Being
Integration of Local Food Systems in National City, CA
In this report, we review successful sustainable agricultural practices and describe the process of developing a local food system. Furthermore, we characterize the current food system in National City and make recommendations to incorporate more sustainable methods into the already existing model. Recommendations include potential approaches to incorporating urban agriculture into National City parks, a […]
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Growing Community: Bringing Green Spaces and a Community Garden to Lemon Grove
This study was conducted through San Diego State University’s (SDSUs) Department of Political Science, the Sage Project and The City of Lemon Grove in order to investigate the potential benefits, challenges, and overall feasibility of implementing green spaces and a community garden in Lemon Grove. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community […]
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Analysis of National City’s Neighborhoods and Functional Zones
As part of a semester-long study, two sections of Geography 354: The Geography of Cities, participated in the Sage Project. The Sage Project is a collaboration between San Diego State University (SDSU) and the city of National City to engage students and fac-ulty in assisting local governments with projects that enhance the city’s economy, land-scape, […]
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Greening Tijuana’s Parks Sustainable Design Solutions
This report details the results of student work in collaboration with the Tijuana Environmental Protection Office and the Sage Project at San Diego State University (SDSU) to improve the conditions of two existing city parks in Tijuana, Mexico. The main improvement goals were related to sustainability, community empowerment, safety, and erosion control. Through Sage Project […]
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Alternate Modes of Transportation in the City of Lemon Grove
The bike lane network plans outlined in this report were created through the partnership between Lemon Grove and the Sage Project at San Diego State University during the fall of 2016. Upper-division undergraduate and graduate students in Geography 484, under the guidance of Dr. Atsushi Nara, used Graphic Information Systems (GIS) infrastructure to formulate a […]
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Lemon Grove Downtown Village
The land use plans outlined in this document were produced through the partnership between the City of Lemon Grove and the Sage Project at San Diego State University during the fall semester of 2016. In Diana Richardson’s Geography 572 course, titled “Land Use Analysis,” upper-division undergraduate and graduate students were pre-sented with the opportunity to […]
Lemon Grove Redevelopment
The redevelopment ideas summarized in this report were produced by students at San Diego State University in collaboration with the City of Lemon Grove. Students enrolled in the Finance 437, taught by Professor Dana Kuhn, created development plans for both industrial and mixed-use parcels of land in Lemon Grove. The industrial parcel is located near […]
Market Research: Active Transportation in La Mesa (Part III)
Marketing research for active transportation in partnership with Sage Project and the City of La Mesa. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. The Sage Project Contact Info Kristofer Patron Program Administrator kpatron@sdsu.edu (619) 594-0103 University Faculty Contact Local Government / Community Contact […]
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Rural Health Care Services Outreach Program
This project will assess community health and health needs in the Sequatchie valley, develop priorities and plans based on research and assessment, and implement projects to address those needs. Students will develop an analysis of the relationships among economic and health factors It will also engage Extension educators in the Sequatchie Valley in collaboration with […]