The City of Big Lake is interested in designing a bandshell for Lakeside Park. Concerts are held at the park every week during the summer and the performances currently take place on a temporary stage. Many lake-oriented parks throughout the region feature a lakeside bandshell as a signature architectural piece and this is something Big […]
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The City of Brodhead set out to begin a study of its local market. Some reasons for the analysis include: • Several vacancies in downtown. • A more measured growth rate. • Understanding of how Brodhead is doing overall. Brodhead is pursuing a market analysis to better understand the retail, service, and business needs of […]
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The City of Delano seeks to increase the energy efficiency of its public infrastructure to reduce energy use and costs. Students will collaborate on two projects: 1) a benchmarking study of public buildings and 2) an analysis for street lighting upgrades. Based on their analysis, students will propose potential improvements/upgrades to public buildings and evaluate […]
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The City of Big Lake is interested in designing a bandshell for Lakeside Park. Concerts are held at the park every week during the summer and the performances currently take place on a temporary stage. Many lake-oriented parks throughout the region feature a lakeside bandshell as a signature architectural piece and this is something Big […]
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The City of Bellevue seeks legal research and analysis on regulatory options available to the city in relation to transient and/or short term residential rentals and municipal regulation of short-term rentals, short-term providers, and short-term operators. The city would work with the students to conduct the statutory and case law research on these issues and […]
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The City of Albany owns a 26-acre property beside Thornton Lake that is slated to become a future park and nature preserve. The site has historically been used for private homesteading and agriculture but has since become wild elds and woodlands. The community supported the City of Albany’s interest in purchasing the land to protect […]
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The City of Albany partnered with the Planning, Public Policy, and Management Department through the Sustainable City Year Program to help the city generate ideas for ac va ng the Water Street corridor and to consider its connec ons to the downtown historic core through analysis and research of catalyst sites. This document summarizes the […]
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The City of Bellevue currently produces a budget book that spans 730 pages every biennium. While it must contain certain elements per the RCW, the book also needs to tell the story of the city to help policymakers, staff, and citizens understand the work the City performs. As part of this project, we would be […]
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The City of Albany primarily uses its website to provide information and resources concerning the historic districts for homeowners. However, the homeowners have to seek this information out themselves rather than the City of Albany reaching out and having a proactive communication strategy. We recommend a communication strategy that targets historic building owners, current and […]
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The City of Albany, Oregon has iden ed three main objec ves to assist city sta to manage, analyze, and visualize historic aerial images for the purposes of parks and recrea on, as well as manage historic assets. The University of Oregon Remote Sensing class, Geography 486/586, supported these e orts by genera ng the […]
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