Reducing single-use plastic grocery bags in Marinette, Wisconsin

Although Marinette, Wisconsin cannot implement a ban on plastic bags, city officials can leverage various policy tools to reduce the consumption of single-use plastic bags including providing affordable bag alternatives, promoting normative messaging, and using conservation psychology tactics. Working with local businesses would allow Marinette to encourage attitude and behavior shifts among consumers toward pro-environmental […]

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Implementing a railroad quiet zone to improve community health in Marinette

Multiple studies have shown a relationship between railway noise and various health impacts, such as increased diastolic blood pressure, poor sleep quality, and increased incidence of certain childhood cancers.1 2 The City of Marinette, Wisconsin, located in Marinette County, has multiple railways in their city and train whistles that sound between 96-110 dBs have been […]

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Developing a public art strategy for the Village of Cottage Grove

The Village of Cottage Grove is embarking on its inaugural public arts strategy to enrich community engagement, commemorate its centennial, and foster cultural vitality. Employing a mixed-method approach, the project entails qualitative interviews and quantitative surveys targeting 250 respondents, representing 2.5% of the village’s population. These methods help gauge public art preferences and perceptions among […]

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Exploring design options for West Cottage Grove Road

This roadway redesign project addresses Cottage Grove’s goals to develop a corridor that maintains traffic operations while increasing multimodal accessibility and considering future growth in the area. Plans included measures to calm traffic, improve bicycle and pedestrian safety, and address parking, transit, and streetscaping. UniverCity Contact Info: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu […]

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Improving housing options for the next generation of Marinette residents

Between 2010 and 2021, the city of Marinette, Wisconsin realized a 2% increase in the proportion of the population in the workforce (US Census Bureau, 2019). Of the 10,701 people who work in Marinette, about 75 percent (8,063 people) commute into the city from other areas such as Menominee and Peshtigo (Bay Lake Regional Planning […]

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Mapping and reviewing St. Croix County Jail health care policies for inmates

This project reviewed St. Croix County Jail policies related to access to health care, emergency health scare, medical screening, mental health services, and suicide prevention and intervention and offered recommendations to improve the health and wellbeing of those housed in the facility. UniverCity Contact Info: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu […]

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Identifying best practices for sober living housing (SLH) in St. Croix County

Maintaining a stable residence in sober living housing (SLH) for at least six months or more sustains positive outcomes related to substance abstinence, contact with the criminal legal system, psychiatric symptoms, depression, and more (Subbaraman et al. 2023). Jason and Ferrari (2010) found that those who sought alternative care options used substances at over twice […]

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