In the fall of 2017 and spring of 2018, more than 130 students in six urban planning and landscape architecture classes worked closely with the City of La Grange (pop. 4,700). Hurricane Harvey hit the week of the first community kick-off meeting, postponing the projects and the start of the fall semester. La Grange is […]
Sustainable Development Goal: 3 Good Health and Well-Being
Willacy County Comprehensive Plan
Willacy County is a rural community (pop. 21,515) in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, thirty miles north of Mexico. In 2017, Hispanics and Latinos represented 88% of the population. The County has 16 colonias with some that lack adequate infrastructure for water and sewer. Due to its location along the Gulf of Mexico, […]
Protected: Palmetto Housing and Foreclosure Analysis
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Nueces River Recreation and Ecological Restoration Project
TxTC partnered with H.E. Butt Foundation to develop a conceptual design for a park in Real County, Texas, in June 2020. The community identified this project through an extensive Asset Based Community Development process with Texas Rural Leadership Program (TRLP). In 2017, a group of community members completed the TRLP leadership training and created a […]
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EMS Hot Spot Analysis: 2014-2016
This report attempts to identify the locations of the most life-threatening EMS incidents, patterns indicated by data analysis by time of day/day of the week, and potential underlying causes of EMS incidents. We found that the highest concentrations of dispatch calls were in the north-central part of the county, in and around Annapolis, and in […]
Air Quality in Prince George’s County During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Through their work with the National Center for Smart Growth at the University of Maryland (UMD), the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) commissioned this report from the university’s Partnership for Action Learning in Sustainability (PALS). PALS works with local jurisdictions throughout Maryland to identify projects and problems that can be taught through university courses […]
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Parks and Recreation User Survey (Spr 2020)
This Democracy in Action project is a California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) initiative program that the Geography 450 Parks and Protected Areas (GEOG 450) class participated in during the spring 2020 semester. The class collaborated with the City of San Marcos (the City) Department of Parks and Recreation (P&R) to initiate a survey of […]
Sullivan Trail Connector
The City of Sullivan has multiple plans for trail connectors throughout the city. ENVI460 students provided recommendations for a trail connector between the City of Sullivan and Sullivan County. This trail connector harnesses positives of both the city and county to increase use. Students also provided recommendations for multi-use options on the trail system. […]
Complete Streets
The City of Sullivan enacted a Quality of life plan to address multiple improvements to their city, including some of the city’s infrastructure. Mayor Clint Lamb’s goal is to connect the city via roadways and trail systems that are accessible for all transportation methods and attractive for community members and tourists. ENVI460 students provided recommendations […]
The Foundations of New York: Closing the Soil Loop from One Borough to Another
A City agency practitioner working on a large New York City infrastructure project requiring the importation of significant amounts of soil approached Town+Gown:NYC with a project idea about how to communicate, to the public, that re-use of soil excavated from other City projects would not only be environmentally good, but also safe. Around that time, […]
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