During the 2019–2020 academic year, RCP partnered with Scott County, St. Anthony Village, Ramsey, Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA), and the League of Minnesota Cities on 7 projects. You can learn more about individual projects below. Also available is an archive of news items about this year's partnerships and projects.
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Projects
- Project Categories: Health, Human, and Social Services | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Community Outreach and Engagement
Engage a broad and diverse range of county residents to support a community-led initiative around healthy eating and physical activity. Project Brief
- Project Categories: Transportation
Envision the design of suburban mobility hubs, using the Marschall Road Transit Station in Shakopee as an example case. Project Brief
- Project Categories: Policy Analysis & Public Policy | Environment & Energy | Transportation
Explore the feasibility of an electric vehicle–charging infrastructure network and multimodal transportation system in St. Anthony Village using community feedback, education, and case-study research.…
- Project Categories: Transportation | Infrastructure and Public Works
Identify alternatives for providing a stable and sustainable funding source for local road maintenance and reconstruction projects, informed by case-study and best-practices analysis of comparable cold-climate cities in Minnesota and other states.…
- Project Categories: Housing | Evaluation and Assessment
Evaluate the effectiveness of the Stable Homes, Stable Schools pilot program. Project Brief
- Project Categories: Policy Analysis & Public Policy | Health, Human, and Social Services
The goal of this project was to identify the role cities should play in addressing the opioid epidemic.
RCP Partnerships in the News
- Student project analyzes road-funding tools for small suburban cities, CTS Catalyst (U of MN Center for Transportation Studies), July 2020
- Community-Engaged Research Adapts to the COVID-19 Pandemic, RCP Blog Post, May 18, 2020
- League of Minnesota Cities Partners with RCP to Address Opioid Epidemic, RCP Blog Post, December 17, 2019