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RCP Presents!
RCP collaborations were the focus of recent presentations at two local conferences.
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Introducing the RCP Team
See what our staff have to say about working at RCP, being part of the University community, and more!
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Projects to Follow This Fall at RCP
Above: Students enrolled in Sustainable Land Use Planning and Policy (ESPM 5245) in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences at the University of Minnesota visit a site in Jordan, MN. Students in the course will be working on a project with Scott County to revise the County's Conservation Financial Assistance Program to promote planting of perennial crops as a way to reduce chemical runoff and fossil fuel usage, and to diversify the local agricultural economy.
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RCP Seeks Faculty Partners for Spring 2019 Term!
Teaching a UMN course this spring? Consider incorporating an experiential learning opportunity into your graduate or professional-level class by partnering with RCP! We're seeking to match nearly 30 projects with our partner communities, Scott County and Ramsey County.
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RCP at the Fair: Scott County Partnership Kickoff
RCP and Scott County kicked off our yearlong partnership at the Scott County Fair at the end of July.
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Celebrating the RCP-City of Ramsey Partnership
On Friday, May 4, University of Minnesota faculty and students celebrated with City of Ramsey residents, public officials, and staff at the Resilient Communities Project’s 2018 end-of-year event, held at the McNamara Alumni Center on the U of MN’s East Bank Campus in Minneapolis.
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Stepping Up: Developing Career Ladders for Ramsey City Employees
Attracting and retaining quality staff are important goals for any organization, and the City of Ramsey is no exception. Staff with a longer tenure working for the City tend to be more familiar with the culture of the community and the needs of residents, enabling staff to respond to issues and provide services to residents more effectively and efficiently. This is especially true for public works staff charged with maintaining Ramsey’s vital and growing infrastructure systems.
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RCP Selects Scott and Ramsey Counties as Next Community Partners
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (04/19/2018)— The University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (RCP) today announced Ramsey County and Scott County have been selected as its community partners for the 2018–2019 academic year. Due to both finalists’ strong proposals, it marks the first time in its six-year history the program will assist two partners in a given year.
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RCP-Ramsey End-of-Year Celebration
Please join us for the Resilient Communities Project End-of-Year Celebration! This open-house style event will showcase student work completed through the 2017–2018 RCP partnership with the City of Ramsey.
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Coming Home to Ramsey: Housing Diversity and Community Resilience
Historically, the City of Ramsey has developed like most suburban communities in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. In the 1970s, when Ramsey incorporated as a city, residential development was characterized by single-family detached housing—ramblers and split-level homes built on large, rural lots with private well and septic systems. By the mid-1980s, municipal sewer and water services became available, and lot sizes began to shrink, although most housing continued to be single-family detached homes.
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Managing Storm Water Sustainably through Better Engineering
Ramsey residents flock to the large, linear park in the center of town each summer, almost religiously. Some carry fishing poles or frisbees, others a blanket or lawn chairs, but they are all headed to the same place: The Draw. A 2.6 million gallon pond that doubles as a social hub for the city, The Draw is bordered by a stage and amphitheater on one side, with a large expanse of grass and parking on the other. Residents visit this unique water feature so often that it has become a natural part of the summer routine.
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RCP-Brooklyn Park Project Wins APA MN Outstanding Student Project Award
By Mike Greco
Andrew Degerstom, Joe Lampe and Kevin Priestly, students at the University of Minnesota’s Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs, were honored by the American Planning Association’s Minnesota Chapter (APA MN) on September 28 with the organization’s Outstanding Student Project Award. The students’ projects were completed in conjunction with the Resilient Communities Project’s year-long partnership with Brooklyn Park during the 2016–2017 academic year.
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2017–2018 Partner: City of Ramsey
The City of Ramsey is RCP’s community partner for the 2017–2018 school year. A northwestern suburb of the Twin Cities only 25 miles from Minneapolis, Ramsey is located along the rapidly growing Interstate 94/U.S. Highway 10 corridor between the Twin Cities and St. Cloud, and has a stop on the Northstar Commuter Rail Line.
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Opportunity is knocking! Don't miss your chance to be RCP's next community partner
The Resilient Communities Project (RCP) at the University of Minnesota is now accepting letters of intent from cities, counties, tribal governments, and regional partnerships that wish to apply to be RCP’s community partner for the 2018–2019 academic year (September 1, 2018 to August 31, 2019). The selection process is competitive, and the partner community must support the effort through dedicated staff time and a local financial contribution.
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Celebrating the RCP-Brooklyn Park Partnership
By Mike Greco
On May 12, University of Minnesota faculty and students mingled with Brooklyn Park residents, city council members, and staff at the Resilient Communities Project’s 2017 End-of-Year Celebration, held at the McNamara Alumni Center on the U of MN’s East Bank Campus in Minneapolis.