The community engagement toolkit presented in this document is intended to be a guide for community engagement for the National City Brownfields Assessment Project, as well inform and improve community engagement for other brownfield projects across the country. The recommended outreach tools within this National City Brownfields Community Engagement Toolkit are based on demographic findings, […]
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The Sage Project at San Diego State University was commissioned to look at opportunities for the potential development of a housing shelter in Balboa Park. Students of the Howard Blackson III’s City Planning 700 Urban Design and Land Use Planning Studio course applied design standards they learned throughout the semester into developing a campus consisting […]
The Sage Project at San Diego State University (SDSU) was commissioned to develop recommendations pertaining to governance methods utilized for Balboa Park. This comprehensive report addresses what governance model, or models, are the best fit for Balboa Park taking into consideration factors such as size, location, physical features, and the region itself. As part of […]
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The Sage Project and the Spring 2023 class of RWS 507 Professional Writing for Nonprofit Organizations were commissioned by a private citizen to research and identify potential funding sources for renovations and improvements to Balboa Park in San Diego, California. The purpose of this report is to organize and consolidate our findings into a comprehensive […]
The San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition (SDUSC) partnered with the Sage Project at San Diego State University to address sustainability issues in the community. The goal of the project was to increase youth participation in SDUSC’s mission and promote sustainable behaviors. As participants in this partnership, students in the Rhetoric and Writing Studies 504 Advanced […]
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The San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition has partnered with The Sage Project to develop programming for the first instance of infrastructure based soley on sustainability in Southeast San Diego, the San Diego Energy Equity Campus. The equity campus will be located in Valencia Park, an urban community in the southeastern portion of the City of […]
The San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition has partnered with the Sage Project at San Diego State University to evaluate three grassroots, community-based organizations addressing food and nutrition inequity in the neighborhoods of Southeast San Diego. Each organization was interested in evaluating objectives relevant to their specific programming, though common themes regarding accessibility, community awareness, acceptability, […]
With the support of the San Diego State University (SDSU) Sage Project, the San Diego Urban Sustainability Coalition, and the previous research done by SDSU Sociology 407 students, Sociology 796 student researchers worked to analyze prominent concerns of the Southeast San Diego community. Based on these primary concerns, SOC 796 student researchers then worked to […]
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The city of Manado, situated in the North Sulawesi province of Indonesia, is a vibrant hub for international tourism. Thousands of visitors flock to this provincial capital city with an interest in hiking the lush trails of Bunaken National Park or snorkeling in the colorful coral reefs of the Celebes Sea. However, underneath its picturesque […]
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As a sprawling metro region, the City of Phoenix is a desert city with warm temperatures year-round. As an alternative to turf lawns, the City prioritizes the use of xeriscaping as a sustainable alternative to typical residential landscaping. In the interest of conserving water, the City promotes low water-use landscaping, or xeriscaping. After the successful […]
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