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Item PACE Financing for Naturally-Occuring Multifamily Housing(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2019) Bemis, Corrin; Reineccius, Megan; Westling, AaronThis project was completed as part of the 2018-2019 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Ramsey County. The Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Program is a loan program that provides financing for energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy retrofits for commercial, industrial, and multifamily residential properties. PACE helps property owners overcome the challenge of gathering up-front capital for energy improvements, and makes it easier to transfer the cost of the improvements if the owner decides to sell the property. Nationally, PACE has been a successful tool for retrofitting residential properties. Thus far, PACE has not been used to finance any multifamily residential projects in Ramsey County. Ramsey County project lead Mary Lou Egan worked with a team of students in Dr. Ed Goetz's PA 5261: Housing Policy course to investigate potential barriers to the use of PACE for multifamily residential projects, as well as possible incentives or other mechanisms to encourage the use of PACE for such projects. Based on their findings, the student team concluded that the Commercial PACE program as currently structured in Minnesota is not an appropriate tool for use with multifamily residential projects. The students' final report is available.Item Shared Mobility for All? Connected & Autonomous Vehicles and Intellectual Disabilities in Scott County(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2019) Bemis, Corrin; Hase-Raney, Isaac; Hunt, Shanda; Reno, EmilyThis project was completed as part of a year-long partnership between Scott County and the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (http://www.rcp.umn.edu). The goal of the project was to research and plan for how connected and autonomous vehicles could contribute to improving mobility in the county. Students in Dr. Fernando Burga’s Land Use Planning class worked with SmartLink Project Lead Alan Herrmann to create a series of research posters that use visuals to introduce the problem, explore precedent and case studies, examine policy solutions, and provide design renderings and recommendations. Research posters are available.Item The Spatial Mismatch of Unemployment and Jobs in Ramsey County(Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2019) Chen, Zhuo; Mercurio, Ryan; Bemis, CorrinThis project was completed as part of the 2018-2019 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Ramsey County. The mission of Ramsey County's Workforce Solutions (WFS) program is to strengthen the economic success of the community through personalized and effective workforce development. It serves as a resource for job seekers by providing training opportunities and personalized assistance in searching and applying for jobs. WFS staff know there are many program participants who experience transportation barriers that prevent them from accessing or keeping jobs. Ramsey County project lead Max Holdhusen worked with a team of students in GEOG 5564: Urban Geographic Information Science and Analysis, taught by Dr. Ying Song, to conduct an origin-destination analysis to identify mismatches between unemployed workers and job vacancies. The students' final report, presentation, and a poster summarizing the project are available.