Browsing by Author "Kelley, Mark"

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    City of Minnetonka Demographics and Housing Analysis to Evaluate Potential Market Leakage
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2012) Huynh, Phu; Lang, Ethan; Kelley, Mark; Pankratz, James
    This project was completed as part of the 2012-2013 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Minnetonka. Homes in Minnetonka are more expensive on average than homes in surrounding communities, and the City was interested in the potential "market leakage"--that is, purchasers looking to buy a home in the Minnetonka area but ultimately choosing to buy in a neighboring community--for mid-priced housing. Minnetonka project lead and community development supervisor Elise Durban worked with a team of students in HSG 5464: Understanding Housing Assessment and Analysis, to conduct a demographic and market analysis for Minnetonka. The students discovered that Minnetonka is an expensive area in which to live, many residents commute out of the city, and many older residents wish to age in place. Based on this information, the students recommended that Minnetonka look to build smaller, more affordable homes that might appeal to a range of buyers. The students' final report and presentation are available.
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    City of Minnetonka Maximum Parking Regulations Urban GIS
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2013) Johnston, Brad; Kelley, Mark; Winge, Jonathan
    This project was completed as part of the 2012-2013 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Minnetonka. The City of Minnetonka was interested in developing maximum parking regulations, to limit the amount of parking for new developments, to replace its existing minimum parking regulations. To demonstrate the impact of the regulation change, the City was interested in analyzing the hypothetical impact for the Opus business campus. Minnetonka project lead and city planner Susan Thomas collaborated with students in GEOG 5564: Urban GIS, to develop five parking redesigns for the Opus campus. The students' final report and poster are available.
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    Evaluation of Four Design for Community Resilience Projects
    (2011-04-13) Kelley, Mark
    DCR is a program within theCenter for Sustainable Building Research in the College of Design. The goal of DCR is to turn civic challenges into sustainable opportunities. This is done in the pre-design phase by developing goals and design ideas which can later be utilized by architects or consultants. This UROP project seeks to identify ways improve the services of the DCR program while also creating a better understanding of the local needs, strengths, and barriers in implementing sustainable design. It seeks to study the needs of four Minnesotan communities and delivery of the DCR program and its potential gaps. Better understanding the local conditions and their effects on the design process the project seeks to reach conclusions which will further the implementation of sustainable design.