Developing marketing materials and video to showcase Appleton Airport’s sustainability for Northern and Central Wisconsin air travelers

Geography students learned about the sustainability features at the Appleton International Airport and created a video, infographics, social media templates, and photos that highlight the terminal’s skylights, solar panels, biofiltration basin, and the net-zero energy private terminal. Video link: https://mediaspace.wisc.edu/media/UCY+Appleton+Airport+Sustainability+Video/1_acn8z8t8 UniverCity Year Contact Info: UniverCityAlliance@wisc.edu […]

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Developing creative campaign materials for Mosquito Hill Nature Center

Two groups of students created marketing strategies and tools, including newly developed websites, draft social media posts, recorded radio advertisements, ready-to-print educational and informational pamphlets, interactive events calendars, and promotional videos. The purpose of these materials was to create a coordinated communications campaign promoting the variety of offerings at the center. There are two links […]

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Disaster-proofing critical facilities of Outagamie County

Outagamie County is currently in the process of updating their five-year hazard mitigation plan from 2017. In the past five years, both the flood risk and critical facilities in Outagamie County have changed. While the current hazard mitigation plan contains a lot of technical information regarding the hazards, critical facilities, and mitigation efforts from 2017 […]

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Creating opportunity for all: Homeless programs and resources for upward mobility in Outagamie County

Pillars in Appleton, Wisconsin has been working to address multiple faces of homelessness in the area since 2019. This issue has been exacerbated by an increase in rent prices and lack of available rental units for homeless and low-income individuals (Arnold et al., 2022). The effects of homelessness can create detrimental downstream impacts, increasing the […]

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Promoting positive communication between local governments and constituents about housing initiatives

Outagamie County in Wisconsin has a pressing need for more diverse housing types due to the underproduction of housing and future population growth. NIMBYism (Not In My Backyard) is hindering the progress of new developments. NIMBYism is caused by various factors such as fear of change and distrust in new potential community members. YIMBYism (Yes […]

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Embracing sustainable growth in Outagamie County: A toolkit for change

The following report outlines the process Team NIMBY took to create a toolkit that focused on combating the “Not In My Backyard” or NIMBY mindset. Specifically, our team focused on NIMBY’ism directed at affordable housing developments in Outagamie County. We wanted to educate city officials on both preventative and reactive measures that could be taken […]

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Helping Outagamie County’s rural communities plan for a sustainable future via residential zoning

The cities of New London and Seymour within Outagamie County have outdated zoning codes that need to be updated. The goal of this deliverable is to provide the cities with recommendations for updated zoning codes that would create a more sustainable community. The main reason for this unsustainable zoning code is the “missing middle”, where […]

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