Browsing by Author "Lampe, Joe"

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    Brooklyn Park Senior/50+ Resident Civic Engagement Strategy
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2016) Lampe, Joe; Kramer, Jacquelyn
    This project was completed as part of the 2016-2017 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Brooklyn Park. With an aging baby-boomer population, the City of Brooklyn Park is looking for ways to encourage residents over the age of 50 to become more engaged with City government and volunteer opportunities. The goal of this project was to develop a sustainable, formal volunteer program and to determine barriers to seniors becoming more involved. City of Brooklyn Park project lead Pat Busch worked with a team of students in Dr. Kathy Quick’s PA 5145 course to develop three flowcharts outlining processes for the city to better engage older residents in volunteer opportunities. The students' final report, which includes the flowcharts, is available.
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    Find It, Cook It, Save It: From Healthy Food Access to Food Hub and Food Recycling in Brooklyn Park
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2017) Priestly, Kevin; Lampe, Joe; Degerstrom, Andrew
    This project was completed as part of the 2016-2017 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of Brooklyn Park. Many Brooklyn Park residents live in food deserts, areas where access to healthy and affordable food is limited. The city has also witnessed an increase in commercial food operations arising in residential homes, which can pose health risks to consumers and fire risks in residential areas from commercial-scale production in home kitchens. To address these issues, students in Dr. Fernando Burga’s Introduction to Site Planning course used geographic information systems analysis to identify areas of Brooklyn Park where residents have limited access to healthy foods, provided concept plans for a commercial-grade community kitchen where individuals would be able to safely prepare and package food products for sale to the public, and recommendations for an organics recycling and excess food donation program to reduce solid waste from both the proposed community kitchen and restaurants, retail establishments, and institutions that sell or prepare food. The students’ final report is available.
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    Prioritizing People at Rice and Larpenteur
    (2017) Lou, Shengnan; Lampe, Joe; Kramer, Jacquelyn; Andersen, Kory
    Metro Transit’s Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Office was established to support TOD throughout the Twin Cities metropolitan region. In anticipation of an expanding regional transit system, the TOD Office sets the best TOD design standards for developers, municipalities, and communities. Managing these controls requires an understanding of land allocation in these sites. This information can help to determine whether or not current and potential developments will be successful in the future, can be used in education efforts regarding TOD, and can contribute to future TOD site selection. The objectives of this report are to understand land allocation at transit nodes throughout the region; analysis will identify the components that led to successful TOD in the region, and provide site-specific recommendations for TOD at the intersection of Rice Street and Larpenteur Avenue The Existing Conditions section examines the regional context for transit-oriented development in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Specifically, we look at the history of TOD in the Twin Cities, identify factors contributing to a successful TOD based on qualitative and quantitative research, and explore the TOD policy in local and regional comprehensive plans. Based on the information found in these points, seven existing/proposed transit nodes in the Twin Cities region were selected. Each node’s current conditions and development potential was analyzed. Furthermore, each node’s vehicles, buildings, and people spaces were determined to create a ratio. The analysis concluded that there is no ‘golden standard’ for the land allocation. The ratio still has a purpose. The vehicle-building-people land ratio is an educational tool and conversation starter. Based on the findings from the Existing Conditions, the Action Plan proposes site-specific recommendations for the neighborhoods that meet at the Rice and Larpenteur intersection. Given that spaces for vehicles dominate the site of Rice and Larpenteur, we develop a set of action plans to sponsor a more human-centered, rejuvenated, and sustainable development in the area. Within the action plan, we developed a set of strategic goals and policies. These are broken up into the following sections: community now and the community later, transportation, and economic development.