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The Benefits of Community Engagement for Universities and Colleges

Social Pinpoint

Higher education increases our capacity to solve complex social, economic, and environmental problems. Knowledge encourages social cohesion and drives change while raising the overall appetite for higher education and fostering informed debate. Community engagement can have many benefits for universities and colleges.

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How to Address Homelessness: Reflections from Research

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Policy approaches focused on the structural root causes of homelessness might prioritize progressive zoning and tax regimes, equity in access to childcare and education, initiatives to encourage savings, target debt relief, and/or augment the social safety net. Coordination challenges between agencies (e.g.,

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University of Utah University Neighborhood Partners program and community revitalization in West side Salt Lake City/County

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

After the 2008 recession, they dropped their primary outreach program. Partnerships target university and community outcomes , all feeding into the long-term goal of decreasing barriers to higher education, but also focused on place-based community improvements. That I don't know and need to look into more deeply.

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Need for social marketing initiatives around installation of neighborhood traffic calming initiatives: Salt Lake City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I think that the real problem has been lack of neighborhood communication and education, heightened by the reality of car centricity, which automobile dependent residents aren't inclined to question--they just take it for granted. The roundabout just popped up with no notice.

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Hospitals as urban anchors/revitalization levers, not usually, but with great potential to serve communities in important ways: Examples are two forthcoming projects by Intermountain Health and University of Utah Health

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Utah Health say they want the WVC facility to promote jobs and educational opportunities for the Valley's west side. Relatedly, in 2008, Saffron wrote that the city's newest hospital building was designed for the suburbs, not the city (" Penn got a trophy, not a triumph, in hospital design ").

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Eastern Market DC's 150th anniversary last weekend | And my never realized master plan for the market

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

We did this in 2008 or 2009. 18 Reasons hosts classes and dinners at the 18th Street classroom every night of the week, and runs four, free multi-week cooking and nutrition education programs throughout the Bay Area: Cooking Matters, Planned & Prepped, Nourishing Pregnancy, and Food as Medicine. Membership program.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Some parks or recreation centers might have arts production facilities like a kiln for ceramics and arts education programs. Montana Shakespeare in the Parks, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, is an outreach program of Montana State University serving 61 rural communities in over 10 weeks across five states. As mentioned.