Through its Department of Parks and Recreation, Prince George’s County is looking for ways to improve community health by developing a mobile application to aid in physical and mental wellness. This application will be used as a tool to promote and track the use of parks, trails, and open space and the reported impacts on […]
Region: US EPA Region 3
Building Lifecycle Utility Cost Analysis
Prince George’s County Parks & Recreation builds, operates, and maintains a number of facilities with significant lifespans. To better understand the impact of capital investment and building code changes that might lead to reducing long term operating costs, the Department seeks a comparative analysis using available utilities usage data from six large, well established facilities. […]
Asset Management UX Design Study
Prince George’s County Parks & Recreation (PGDPR) uses an enterprise asset management (EAM) system and work order processing system operated jointly with other jurisdictions. While the system has been in use for some time, user adoption has been a challenge. To promote greater user adoption and data quality, the county asked the project team to […]
Increasing Engagement in the Eyes Have It Initiative
The Parks and QUEST team provided recommendations for increasing engagement in the Eyes Have It Initiative with a focus on identifying application barriers for parks and trades staff for M-NCPPC by creating a customer definition chart to better visualize and understand the main points within the current Eyes Have It application cycle process flow for […]
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Pollinator Plants for Stormwater Management
The group of students provided recommendations to M-NCPPC Parks to develop a pollinator plant selection guide for three stormwater management facilities: a parking lot island, a building foundation planting, and an open field. The selection guide included site information for three types of plantings (proper use of stormwater control measures and viewpoints) and plant use […]
Senior Citizen Technology Accessibility Assessment
The Prince George’s County Department of Parks and Recreation runs numerous programs to serve senior citizens. This includes programs ranging from intellectual and physical engagement to social services and healthcare-related programs. Due to the pandemic and enforcement of social distancing protocols, the county has moved most of its services online. The Department of Parks and […]
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Historic Preservation Digital History Design
The goal for this project was to create the early stages of a web development project for the Prince George’s County Parks and Recreation Department. Our team created the initial wireframe designs, identified problems for future aspects of the project, and provided recommendations for the next stages of development. The original project requirements included developing […]
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Pope Farm Expansion Project
The group of students provided recommendations to M-NCPPC Montgomery County Parks by planting diverse types of vegetables and other crops that will benefit the community in growing familiar crops which they will be able to use appropriately and be able to feed their families while considering the harvesting and transportation of these foods to the […]
Expert Review of the MyCoast Application
The MyCoast app is a mobile and web-based application used by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources to document and analyze pictures and data of flooding caused by precipitation and coastal events. The data it collects is used for various purposes, including visualizing impacts of flood events, as well as enhancing awareness of flood events […]
Food Access and Equity in Prince George’s County
The semester was divided into a group of students who studied a comprehensive comprehensive analysis of food equity in Prince George’s County, with a focus on the most vulnerable communities including to determine appropriate definitions of food access, food security, food equity, and to conduct a spatial analysis of Prince George’s county. The students used […]
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