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University of Oregon Sustainable City Year: Recent submissions

  • Medford Police Public Relations Plan 
    Yount, Heather; Ciscek, Erica; Phillips, Laurie; Parker, Margy (University of Oregon, 2014)
    This report is the result of three terms of work by students in the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication. During fall term 2013, students in Strategic Communications Research (J495) conducted primary ...
  • Corvallis 9th Street Urban Redesign 
    van Vliet, Lauren; Banks, Megan; Knudson, Kaarin; Li, Alex; Schlossberg, Marc (University of Oregon, 2023)
    Over fall term 2023, Community and Regional Planning graduate students worked with the City of Corvallis to reimagine how a 14-acre site in north central Corvallis, along the city’s 9th Street commercial/mixed use corridor, ...
  • Navigating Urban Networks: A GIS Exploration of Walkability in Salem, Oregon 
    Houston, Niamh; Kohler, Nick (University of Oregon, 2023)
    The City of Salem, Oregon, has shown dedication to achieving sustainability goals and revitalizing its neighborhoods by conducting walkability and comprehensive corridors assessments. As part of the Sustainable City Year ...
  • Volunteerism & Civic Engagement - The Next Wave 
    Knight, Kayleigh; Mundy, Dean (University of Oregon, 2023)
    The Strategic Planning and Cases course (J 453) at the University of Oregon worked with the City of Salem to develop outreach campaigns to address the City’s volunteerism and community engagement needs. Although each student ...
  • City of Salem's Commercial and Residential Operations Fee: Recommendations to Augment Fee Equity 
    Betros, Rosemary; Lewis, Rebecca (University of Oregon, 2023)
    The City of Salem implemented a City Operations Fee in 2019 to supplement revenue for its General Fund. The City was concerned, however, that the current fee structure does not adequately account for equity across commercial ...
  • The Lowest Hanging Cherry: Stopping Idling 
    Blodgett, Liz; Hewatt, Beau; Ignacio, Alyssa; McKnight, Helen; Sesar, Chloe; Schillinger, Attila (University of Oregon, 2023)
    Students in the PR Campaigns capstone course devised three strategies to reduce idling in the city of Salem, Oregon. Strategy 1 emphasizes the city leading by example, calling for city employees to cease idling to encourage ...
  • Timber Tectonics: Building for the Circular Economy 
    Alampi, Elisia; Cheng, Nancy Yen-Wen; Riggio, Mariapaola (University of Oregon, 2023)
    Exploring innovative kit-of-parts construction methods, our project centers on the adaptable nature of reciprocal frame construction, focusing on sustainable reuse of panel materials such as plywood and Mass Plywood Panels ...
  • Urban Design Proposals for Portland's Lloyd District 
    Wylie, Samuel; Larco, Nico; Rajbaidya, Gauri (University of Oregon, 2022)
    This architectural design studio focused on the Lloyd District, located in inner Northeast Portland and less than a mile from the University of Oregon’s White Stag campus. The Lloyd District is a low-density area defined ...
  • Let's Start Counting! A Methodology to County On-Street Parking Spaces in Oregon Cities 
    Yang, Yizhao; Vandehey, Adrian; Withrow, Timothy; Rhyan, Lucas; Kashinsky, Josh; McFeeters-Krone, Abby; Govindankutty, Anisha (University of Oregon, 2023)
    In November 2022, the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development issued parking reform for cities with populations above 5,000 to address the financial and environmental burdens of parking mandates. In addition ...
  • Green Cities Artificial Intelligence 
    Stephens, Ric (University of Oregon, 2023-12)
    In an era defined by rapid urbanization, the effective planning and management of cities have become paramount to ensure sustainable development, efficient resource allocation, and enhanced quality of life for residents. ...
  • Portland Downtown Waterfront Development, Volume 2, Appendix: Site Analysis and Logistics 
    Hoff, Isabel; Larco, Nico; Lillard, Lora; Raggett, Mark (2023-06)
    Appendix: Site Analysis and Logistics Students in a graduate urban design studio based at the University of Oregon’s Portland campus were asked to create urban design redevelopment proposals for downtown Portland. ...
  • Portland Downtown Waterfront Development, Volume 1: Urban Design Proposals 
    Hoff, Isabel; Larco, Nico; Lora, Lillard; Mark, Raggett (University of Oregon, 2023-06)
    Students in a graduate urban design studio based at the University of Oregon’s Portland campus were asked to create urban design redevelopment proposals for downtown Portland. Students began the term by analyzing the site ...
  • Connecting Sisters, Oregon 
    Schlossberg, Marc; Lee, Grace (University of Oregon, 2023)
    Situated in the northwest pocket of Deschutes County, Sisters includes varied outdoor recreation options, beautiful scenery, and top tier hiking and mountain biking trails. The city’s thriving downtown is bisected by ...
  • Co-Living for the Changing Family: Thriving through Sharing in Expandable Buildings 
    Cheng, Nancy Yen-Wen; Gottlin, Alexandra (University of Oregon, 2023)
    The city of Sisters identified the need for 1,100 housing units to accommodate its 2041 projected population growth and is exploring “efficiency measures” as an alternative to expanding its urban growth boundary. Final ...
  • Tigard Microgrid Feasibility Study 
    Armitage, Madeline; Kingensmith, James; Reimers, Jacob; Whitaker, Jack (University of Oregon, 2022)
    The information presented in this report was collected through interviews with significant stakeholders from the City of Tigard, Portland General Electric (PGE), real estate developers, business owners, and specialists ...
  • Reimagining Housing Options for the Sisters Elementary School Site 
    Alexander-Jaffe, Esme; Franco Zavala, Melanie; O’Leary, Ceara (University of Oregon, 2023)
    University of Oregon Architecture students proposed site designs and adaptive reuse ideas for the existing Sisters Elementary School and outdoor recreational uses and affordable housing. Student housing proposals fell ...
  • Explore Sisters: Strategic Plan 
    Chase, Eleana; Pernell, Ryan; Shocair, Hibo; Bosworth, Austin; Mason, Dyana; Fracchia, Elena; Thompson, Kim (University of Oregon, 2023)
    This product is designed for Explore Sisters as a client of the University of Oregon’s Nonprofit Management Consultancy capstone course in Spring of 2023 in partnership with the University of Oregon’s Sustainable Cities ...
  • Financing Affordable Housing Subsidies in Sisters, Oregon: Creative Options and Evaluation of Potential Municipal Revenue-Generating Activities 
    Skawski, Chris; Lewis, Rebecca; College of Design, University of Oregon (University of Oregon, 2022)
    This report contains the collected work of graduate student groups in PPPM 629: Public Budget Administration over the course of fall term 2022. These student groups conducted research to evaluate and forecast productivity ...
  • A New Future for the Sisters Elementary School Site 
    Betros, Rosemary; Rola, Katherine E.; Banks, Megan; Brown, Anne; Knudson, Kaarin; Schlossberg, Marc; College of Design, University of Oregon (University of Oregon, 2022)
    Over fall term 2022, Community and Regional Planning graduate students worked with the City of Sisters to design a research based redevelopment proposal for the Sisters Elementary School and Sisters School District ...
  • Creating Shared Knowledge: An Asset-based Community Development Project in Hermiston 
    Costie, Daniel Paul (University of Oregon, 2022)
    This report discusses the Asset-based Community Development project conducted between March 1st and May 30th, 2022 in Hermiston, Oregon. The purpose of the three- phase project is to better understand the city’s assets as ...

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