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Integrating Transit and Technology

Students in Tim Clark’s Product Design Studio (BFA 486) were asked develop a multimodal urban transit app to serve users of TriMet’s public transit services. The purpose of a TriMet transit app is to provide users with real time information needed to guide everyday mobility choices, with the goal of minimizing travel time and costs […]

Business Medical District: Economic Improvement District, Redmond

Students in the graduate level Public Budget Administration course within the department of Planning, Public Policy and Management (PPPM) at the University of Oregon (UO) were tasked with examining the viability of an Economic Improvement District (EID) or Business Improvement District (BID) in Redmond, Oregon’s Medical District. The City of Redmond provided three (3) elements […]

Bike Walk Roll- City of Redmond

Students in professor Margy Parker journalism class developed a short-term, mid-term, and long-term recommendations to promote biking, walking, and rolling in Redmond. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Sustainable City Year Program Contact Info Megan Banks Sustainable City Year Program Manager mbanks@uoregon.edu (541) 346-6395 University Faculty Contact Margy Parker Journalism […]

Development Proposals for Three Targeted Sites in Salam, Oregon

Students in a combined Architecture and Planning class called City Growth/ City Design were asked to create development proposals for three sites located in urban renewal areas of Salem, Oregon, as part of the University of Oregon’s Sustainable City Year program. Students conducted research similar to due diligence activities a developer might undertake when evaluating […]

Salem Police Station

Students developed 24 design ideas for the new Salem Police Station. While there were a variety of approaches to developing the new station, every design addressed issues involving the Civic Center site and the police program, including connectivity within the site and to Salem as a whole; creating a “front door” for the site; developing […]

Clean Energy Solutions: TriMet Community Solar

Solar power is growing in the US. By 2017 nearly 2% of the total US generation capacity was provided by solar power. The Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC), has helped to grow the industry since 2006. Prices have been falling, more than 70% since 2010, attracting more interest as individuals look for ways to reduce […]

Strategic Public Relations Plan: Springfield’s Adopt-A-Waterway Program

Springfield believes that most pollution by residents can be attributed to a lack of awareness and have tasked this class of Journalism and Communications students to conduct a public relations campaign and make recommendations on which characteristics of the Adopt-A-Waterway program would be most appealing to residents. This report contains a Strategic Public Relations Plan […]

Strategic Public Relations Plan: Springfield Public Library

Springfield Public Library has been a fixture in the community for 104 years and was established in its current location in Springfield City Hall in 1981. The Library is planning for a new library facility and has tasked this class to develop a Strategic Public Relations Plan based on research surveys and interviews. Students performed […]

Springfield Public Library Research

Springfield Public Library is currently seeking ways to encourage growth in community involvement. Students and faculty collaborated with city staff to explore and expand the scope of inquiry. Research was conducted by University of Oregon students in Professor Patricia Curtin’s Strategic Communication Research Methods course. Students conducted primary and secondary research in order to assess […]

Preserving South Portland

Situated between Marquam Hill and the Willamette River, South Portland is a unique remnant of Portland’s past. Its history encompasses the city’s immigrant roots, industrial prowess, and tumultuous early urban development. In its current state, it is an isolated fragment of historic Portland surrounded by increasing urban growth. The potential impacts of development within the […]

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