Community Development has worked closely and successfully with MSU’s School of Architecture, pairing student time and energy with the knowledge of expert on-the-ground City staff. City of Bozeman Planning staff have been working with MSU School of Architecture students to design several ADUs for community use. Students have created 6 ADU design options and provide […]
Sustainable Development Goal: 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
Nolanville Comprehensive Plan
Comprehensive plans are “the central organizing umbrella under which other plans, regulations, and initiatives exist.” They typically have long-range planning horizons between 20 and 30 years. These public documents, along with relevant zoning maps, can be used to guide, support, and justify city land use and decision-making in the future. A comprehensive plan should include […]
Revitalizing Eastern Iowa through a Land Bank
Clinic law students, who are second or third year students at the University of Iowa College of Law participating in the Community Empowerment Law Project (CELP), explored strategies, through a legal lens, to decrease blighted properties and increase affordable housing in Eastern Iowa. In particular, they examined whether a Land Bank might be a feasible […]
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Neste Park Parks & Recreational Trails
Civil and environmental engineering students evaluated and designed new trails in Neste Park that complemented the planned Recreation and Nature Center near Decorah, IA. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities Contact Info University Faculty Contact Paul Hanley Civil and Environmental Engineering Local Government / Community […]
Community Leadership: Revisiting Orange County’s History
Celebrating a diverse cultural history, the Media School and the Political and Civic Engagement Program will engage long-term Orange County residents to develop a timeline of the county, attending to trends in population and economics, to examine locally-held artifacts, and encourage community participation in mapping a history of the region’s rural development. Read the final […]
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Community Leadership: Revisiting Orange County’s History
Celebrating a diverse cultural history, the Media School and the Political and Civic Engagement Program will engage long-term Orange County residents to develop a timeline of the county, attending to trends in population and economics, to examine locally-held artifacts, and encourage community participation in mapping a history of the region’s rural development. Read the final […]
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Salinas Road Diet – Survey of Hartnell College
By creating a survey for Hartnell College, we will be able to gather data on the different forms of transportation the students and faculty use before the Road Diet is created. Our primary goals are to gain the perceptions of existing conditions, the mode choice made by people attending Hartnell and the reasoning behind their […]
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Land Planning for Residential Development
Cache Valley’s population is growing, with the associated changes in urban form, traffic, social composition, and a diversity of demands of services and infrastructure. The valley is a sensitive environment, where careless development can damage the very reason people like to live in this place: a small town feeling with a strong agricultural heritage and […]
Barriers to the Development of Affordable Rental Housing and Single Family Owner Occupied Homes
Build on the results of the recently completed Comprehensive Housing Needs Assessment by Maxfield Research by analyzing how existing County and City policies, codes, and practices impact market supply for senior housing, workforce housing, and housing for homeless populations. Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner. Resilient Communities Project Contact Info […]
Transient Rentals Analysis
Bellevue City Council recently approved a new Land Use Code section for the Downtown (Downtown Livability) with the overarching vision to encourage creation of a more livable environment for Downtown workers, visitors and residents. Other more urban areas of the city (Bel Red District, Wilburton District, Eastgate and Factoria) are beginning to see substantive changes […]