Through a partnership with the City of Columbus Junction, the Columbus Junction, and the Upward Bound afterschool program, this course will explore a planning framework that links community members’ personal connections to their home with future planning and decision-making. Central to the course is a community engagement practicum, in which students will employ storytelling with K-12 students to tell the story of a small community in eastern Iowa and offer their own ideas for the future. The Spring 2019 project, titled “My Sesquicentennial”, will be incorporating oral histories and storytelling told by Latinx residents of Columbus Junction, into 5-minutes videos.
Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.
Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities Contact Info
University Faculty Contact
Charles Connerly
Urban and Regional Planning
Local Government / Community Contact
Mallory Smith