Elk River seeks to encourage sustainable behaviors for city employees as part of the City’s overall sustainability strategy and goals. In 2015, Elk River city staff participated in the Class 5 Energy Efficiency Behavior Based Challenge. The challenge involved no cost projects to increase energy efficiency in city buildings through behavior change of city employees. […]
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Elk River has been known as “Energy City” since 1996 and is dedicated to providing education and outreach on renewable energy and energy efficiency demonstrations. Today, “Energy City” includes all city sustainability issues from urban forestry to water conservation. However, many Elk River residents and businesses are not aware of “Energy City.” A team of […]
Decisions college students make about transportation in college often serve as a foundation for future transportation choices. Therefore, Metro Transit is interested in promoting public transit to college students to encourage ridership during college years. Students in Writing for Strategic Communication will create a strategic communication plan and materials (e.g., videos, flyers) to promote a […]
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Decisions college students make about transportation in college often serve as a foundation for future transportation choices. Therefore, Metro Transit is interested in understanding college students’ transportation choices and promoting public transit to college students. Through survey research, student teams in Marketing Research will develop a survey about transportation choices to administer to college students. […]
College students are often unaware of the wide range of employment and career opportunities available to them when they graduate. This is also true with government agencies like the Metropolitan Council. The Metropolitan Council would like students to help develop a strategic communications plan to promote the Council as an employer for recent college graduates. […]
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Applied GIS (GEOG 421), David Kelley Spring 2017 The City of Elk River is home to a number of water bodies including streams, rivers, and lakes. These water bodies have been mapped by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for flooding concerns. These maps outline Floodplains (Floodways and Floodfringe) within city limits. Building in Floodplains […]
Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Partnership Contact Info University Faculty Contact Tim Meyer Computer and Information Sciences Local Government / Community Contact Deirdre Coleman Program Coordinator […]
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The Department of Economics sponsors an annual data analysis competition (DataCom). The challenge to student researchers: Think you know data? Prove it. This year’s data are provided by Metro Transit, which operates the primary public transit system of bus and rail lines in the Twin Cities. Teams of economics students propose research questions, manage and […]
The City of Elk River is working to improve water quality in its lakes and rivers. As a part of this effort, Elk River is examining the overall management of Lake Orono to build a better understanding of the lake as a whole. Environmental Problem Solving students will build upon the work of Aquatic Biology […]
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Students will work with the Metropolitan Council on climate vulnerability and resiliency story maps of the Metro area and examine flood and heat data layers in the area. Project details coming in October! Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable Communities Partnership Contact Info University Faculty Contact David Kelley Geography […]