This project was completed as part of the 2018-2019 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Ramsey County. The mission of Ramsey County’s Workforce Solutions (WFS) program is to strengthen the economic success of the community through personalized and effective workforce development. It serves as a resource for both job seekers and businesses by providing training […]
Discipline: Policy
Connecting Ramsey (City-Wide Greenway Plan)
This project was completed as part of the 2017-2018 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Ramsey. Ramsey has identified several key ecological and recreation corridors that are prime locations to be connected, integrated, and receive public protection. The City’s broader vision, referred to as the “Circle of Ramsey,” employs a strategy to […]
Connecting Ramsey (City-Wide Greenway Plan)
This project was completed as part of the 2017-2018 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Ramsey. City staff identified a parcel of land for a proposed multi-use trail to connect Ramsey’s mixed-use, transit-oriented downtown area to nearby Lake Itasca. They partnered with students in ARCH 3250/LA 3002: Design Workshop/Informants of Creating Landscape […]
Clean Water, Clean Soil (Septic System Communications Plan)
Identify best practices for private well and septic system maintenance, and outline a strategy for communicating to homeowners and business owners the importance of proper septic system maintenance so they will adopt these practices. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Resilient Communities Project Contact Info University Faculty Contact Dan Milz […]
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Diversifying Agricultural Land with Perennial Crop
Explore the potential for perennial food crops that can both provide the benefits of living cover and produce an economic return that would potentially incentivize greater participation by farmers. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Resilient Communities Project Contact Info University Faculty Contact Mae Davenport Forest Resources Associate Professor mdaven@umn.edu […]
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Improving Mobility through Rideshare/Ownershare Options
Explore a public private partnership model for addressing ride share needs; assess advantages and disadvantages, available subsidies for residents with income barriers, creating a program that can transition or add CAV. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Resilient Communities Project Contact Info University Faculty Contact Greta Friedemann-Sanchez Public Affairs Associate […]
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Integrating Early Childhood Data
Conducting an early learning program and data inventory and providing recommendations for potential multi-system data integration; research what programs exist, what data is available for tracking development, how is that data being shared and how can this be improved, and what other data integration models are being successfully used elsewhere. Read the final student report […]
Integrating Early Childhood Data
Conducting an early learning program and data inventory and providing recommendations for potential multi-system data integration; research what programs exist, what data is available for tracking development, how is that data being shared and how can this be improved, and what other data integration models are being successfully used elsewhere. Read the final student report […]
Reduce Waste, Reuse Resources (Organics Recycling Plan)
Assess the feasibility of creating an organic waste recycling program by investigating local examples of successful organic waste diversion programs, identifying barriers to successful implementation, and documenting strategies to build local capacity for and public participation in such a program. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Resilient Communities Project Contact […]
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Investigating Alternative Methods for Property Assessment
Assess effectiveness of current property assessment methods, research areas that have implemented alternative property assessment methods to compare and contrast, research savings associated with alternative assessment methods, and propose policy changes to ensure, if new standards are adopted, they are able to be utilized in the future. Read the final student report delivered to the […]
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