Population Type: Persons with Disabilities

Accessibility, Usability, and Search Engine Optimization of MyMonona Website

Analyze the accessibility, usability and search-engine friendliness of the City of Monona website, making suggestions for improvement. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. UniverCity Year Contact Info Gavin Luter Managing Director gavin@cows.org 608-261-1141 University Faculty Contact Dorothea Salo Library and Information Studies Distinguished Faculty Associate salo@wisc.edu (608) 263-2900 Local Government […]

Engineering a Safer and More Accessible Alton

A civil engineering class at SIUE completed three infrastructure projects in Alton that needed to be addressed. The first focused on the ramps on State Street. To be in accordance with the ADA, sidewalks and ramps must be accessible for all people. A team of students worked with a survey group to identify the ramps […]

Downtown Revitalization: A Design for the City of Brodhead

To fulfill the requirements of the Senior Capstone Program in the Department of Landscape Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison I will investigate how ideas of human perception may inform the design of streetscapes and suburban redevelopment. This investigation will be given context and focus by the concerns and goals of The City of Brodhead, […]

Recreation: Relocating the 4H Fairgrounds

The 4H Fairgrounds are an important community gathering space, but its current location has some accessibility barriers. Students will conduct a location analysis using Census data and Google Maps to inform selection of a relocation site. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustaining Hoosier Communities Contact Info Jane Rogan Sustaining […]

Food Systems: Locating an Incubator Kitchen,Recreation: Relocating the 4H Fairgrounds

Ruston Way Environmental Design Challenge

Ruston Way is one of the City’s most popular destinations, comprised of linear parks and recreation, interspersed with water enjoyment uses and commercial offices. However, the design of the waterfront dates from the early 1980’s and the use of the waterfront has changed significantly. The City of Tacoma and Metro Parks Tacoma have signed a […]

Main Street Concept Plan

Salado is well known for their arts, crafts and festivals and they are said to be the best art town in Texas. A popular draw for Salado is Tablerock Festival, named for a large limestone monolith by the Creek. Tablerock, was 􀃶rst a meeting place for Native Americans. In the 1800’s it attracted young Salado […]

Reimagining Winnequah Park

Propose design solutions for Winnequah Park that improve accessibility, diversify athletic and event spaces, and restore ecological communities throughout the park and along the shoreline. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. UniverCity Year Contact Info Gavin Luter Managing Director gavin@cows.org 608-261-1141 University Faculty Contact Samuel Dennis Jr. Landscape Architecture Associate […]

ADA ramps in the City of Seaside

One goal of this project was to check if the ramps in a neighborhood of Seaside had these ramps painted red. The neighborhood this group observed was in the lower left quadrant of Figure 1. Another goal of this project was to compare the locations of the ADA ramps found with the locations of bus […]

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