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Edina Pathways for Apartment Resident Engagement

Project Partner: Edina, City of | Project Lead: Stephanie Hawkinson | Year: 2026-2027
Project Goal:

The goal is to identify strategies that elevate renter voices and ensure apartment residents are consistently connected to City programs, services, and decision-making process.

Project Categories: Community Outreach and Engagement, Housing

National Indian Carbon Coalition: Traditional Ecological Knowledge Literature Review

Project Partner: Indian Land Tenure Foundation – National Indian Carbon Coalition | Project Lead: Bryan Van Stippen | Year: 2026-2027
Project Goal:

The goal of this project is to catalog publicly available Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) related to climate adaptation and resilience for integration into Indian Land Tenure Foundation – National Indian Carbon Coalition Co-Benefits Atlas.

Project Categories: Climate Change, GIS & Technology

Ramsey County Well-Being Messaging for Waste Reduction

Project Partner: Ramsey County | Project Lead: Tara Roffler | Year: 2026-2027
Project Goal:

The project will support Ramsey County's efforts to promote waste reduction and reuse and identify effective strategies for encouraging these practices among residents.

Project Categories: Environment & Energy, Communications and Marketing

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe: Climate Resilience Planning Through GIS Data

Project Partner: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe | Project Lead: Kate Hagsten | Year: 2026-2027
Project Goal:

The goal of this project is to support the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe’s climate resilience planning through GIS data documentation and organization. 

Project Categories: Climate Change, GIS & Technology

Edina Research-Based Narratives of Apartment Impacts

Project Partner: Edina, City of | Project Lead: Stephanie Hawkinson | Year: 2026-2027
Project Goal:

The goal is to provide a more complete, evidence-based understanding of how apartment communities contribute to Edina’s long-term vitality. 

Project Categories: Housing, Evaluation and Assessment, Communications and Marketing

Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe: Environmental and Food Ecosystems Initiatives

Project Partner: Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe | Project Lead: Kate Hagsten | Year: 2026-2027
Project Goal:

The goal of this project is to support the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe's Department of Natural Resources (DRM) with new environmental and food ecosystem initiatives.

Project Categories: Environment & Energy, Climate Change

Metropolitan Council: Environmental Justice Considerations for Natural Systems Protection

Project Partner: Metropolitan Council | Project Lead: Abi Phillips | Year: 2025-2026
Project Goal:

The goal of this project was to (1) identify and outline environmental justice considerations related to open-space preservation efforts, and (2) develop an equity scorecard to guide the Metropolitan Council’s natural systems guide for local planning.

Project Categories: Environment & Energy, Land Use and Population, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Ramsey/Washington R&E: Quantifying Waste-Reduction Impacts

Project Partner: Ramsey/Washington Recycling & Energy | Project Lead: Leigh Behrens | Year: 2025-2026
Project Goal:

Research existing models and tools that help translate or calculate waste reduction and recycling numbers into climate or community impacts, and offer recommendations for how Ramsey/Washington R&E can adapt or develop such a resource for local use.

Project Categories: Environment & Energy, Communications and Marketing

Ramsey County: Resilience Zone Ideation

Project Partner: Ramsey County | Project Lead: Nicholai Jost-Epp | Year: 2025-2026
Project Goal:

To develop a hypothetical model for a resilience zone that highlights urban planning considerations, necessary services and infrastructure requirements, and policy recommendations that could be replicated by other local government entities interested in establishing resilience zones.

Project Categories: Climate Change, Health, Human, and Social Services, Infrastructure and Public Works

Afton: Greenway Corridor Public Engagement

Project Partner: Afton, City of | Project Lead: Ron Moorse | Year: 2025-2026
Project Goal:

To identify engagement strategies and develop outreach tools for the City of Afton to involve residents and other stakeholders in the planning and implementation of a future greenway corridor and trails in the city.

Project Categories: Environment & Energy, Community Outreach and Engagement, Land Use and Population

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