Browsing by Author "Peterson, Cadence"

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    Best Practices for Community Gardening
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP) University of Minnesota, 2014) Leslie, Madeline; Mueller, Kayla; Peterson, Cadence; Tripp, Leila
    This project was completed as part of the 2013-2014 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of North St. Paul. Hoping to increase community involvement and encourage healthy eating, the City of North St. Paul was interested in developing community gardening opportunities. To facilitate this, project lead Jon Fure partnered with students in PA 5242: Environmental Planning, Policy, and Decision Making, taught by Dr. Carissa Schively Slotterback, to create a guide of community gardening best practices. The students developed best practices for preparation and selection of a community garden, management practices for a community garden, and logistics of the garden and produce. The final report, presentation, and poster are available.
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    Building Support for Living Streets: Visual Preferences Survey in Casey Lake Neighborhood North Saint Paul, MN
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2014) Goellner, Emily; Peterson, Cadence; Rahn, Sean
    This project was completed as part of the 2013-2014 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of North St. Paul. Through a 20-year capital improvement plan, North St. Paul allocated additional resources to infrastructure improvements and development of a living streets policy. Project lead Paul Ammerman worked with students in PA 8081: Making Sustainable Transportation Work, to research living streets policy case studies and develop a visual preference survey to be used with North St. Paul residents in affected neighborhoods. The students' final report and poster are available.
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    City of Minnetonka Parking Reform Proposal
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2013) Armstrong, Chelsey; Kleingartner, Dustin; Peterson, Cadence
    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 assessing its parking regulations and identifying potential best practices for improving parking regulation and design. Minnetonka project lead and city planner Susan Thomas worked with students in PA 8202: Networks and Places, to develop a set of parking policy recommendations. Based on their research, the students recommended simplifying parking requirements; reducing minimum parking regulations; creating a development impact fee for parking that exceeds a prescribed ratio; providing incentives for structured parking; lowering parking requirements for locations with alternative transportation options; encouraging shared parking; allowing for off-site parking; improving pedestrian amenities within parking areas; zoning for additional mixed-use development; encouraging infill development or alternative uses on excessive existing surface parking; and providing incentives for use of permeable pavers. The students' final report and presentation are available.
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    North Saint Paul Living Street Engagement Plan
    (Resilient Communities Project (RCP), University of Minnesota, 2013) Chalmers, Nadine; Christopherson, Kate; Mengi, Aika; Peterson, Cadence; Tang, Jun
    This project was completed as part of the 2013-2014 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with the City of North St. Paul. The City of North St. Paul allocated additional funds to support infrastructure improvements, including developing a living streets policy. Project lead Paul Ammerman partnered with students in PA 5253: Designing Participation Processes, to create a community engagement plan to implement the living streets policy. The students identified stakeholders and offered specific engagement recommendations, including using a visual preference survey. This is one of three living streets engagement projects completed in this course. The students' final report is available.