-
Diversifying Brooklyn Park's Police Department
By Hannah Gary
-
End-of-Year Celebration May 12
Friday, May 12, 2017 2:00–4:00 pm
A.I. Johnson Great Room, McNamara Alumni Center University of Minnesota East Bank Campus (map and parking)
Please join us for the Resilient Communities Project End-of-Year Celebration! This open-house style event will showcase student work completed through the 2016–2017 RCP partnership with the City of Brooklyn Park.
-
Playing Towards a Healthier Brooklyn Park
By Hannah Gary
-
RCP Selects the City of Ramsey as Next Community Partner
MINNEAPOLIS/ ST. PAUL (03/16/2017)— The University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project (RCP) announced today that the City of Ramsey, located in Anoka County, has been selected as its partner community for the 2017–2018 academic year.
-
Engaging Brooklyn Park
By Hannah Gary
Many cities struggle to meaningfully and effectively engage their residents in planning and decision making. Although Brooklyn Park is far ahead of some of its peer cities in this regard, the growing diversity of the community is forcing staff to rethink public outreach and engagement for the twenty-first century.
-
Transportation Connections in Brooklyn Park
By Hannah Gary
Car to Go. Hour Car. Uber. Lyft. Nice Ride. These and other “shared-use mobility” options are making their way into more cities across the country, including RCP’s partner community, Brooklyn Park. As the City prepares for the arrival of light-rail transit (LRT) service and evaluates options for improving mobility for residents without access to an automobile, it is considering whether—and how—to integrate such services into its transportation planning.
-
Urban Planning Students Examine Equity and Development in Brooklyn Park
By Hannah Gary
Brooklyn Park, this year's Resilient Communities Project partner, is rapidly changing. The sixth largest city in the state, it is also one of the most diverse. More than 50% of Brooklyn Park residents identify as people of color, and one of every five residents was born outside of the United States.
-
APA MN Recognizes Carver County Partnership Project with Outstanding Student Project Award
The American Planning Association’s Minnesota Chapter (APA MN) has recognized five University of Minnesota students with the organization’s Outstanding Student Project Award for their Resilient Communities Project–sponsored capstone project, which they completed in partnership with the Carver County Parks Department last spring.
-
ABC News/Sun Post: Initiative aimed at creating a more resilient community kicks off in Brooklyn Park
By Rachel M. Anderson, originally published in the ABC News/Sun Post, September 28, 2016
The third time is the charm for the city of Brooklyn Park.
-
Minnesota Alumni Magazine Features RCP
Community engagement is central to the University of Minnesota's teaching, research, and outreach missions. Minnesota Alumni magazine recently featured a conversation with Vice President for Public Engagement Andrew Furco that highlighted the Resilient Communities Project as an exemplary community engagement initiative at the Twin Cities campus.
-
Introducing our 2016-2017 Partner: The City of Brooklyn Park
By Hannah Gary
As summer winds to an end, RCP is busy preparing for an exciting year with our 2016–2017 community partner, the City of Brooklyn Park!
-
Save the date for the RCP-Brooklyn Park kickoff
Curious about the exciting projects we have lined up this year? RCP invites you to join us for our Brooklyn Park partnership kickoff on Monday, September 19, 2016, from 5–7 pm. The kickoff will be an informal open house in the City Council Chambers at City Hall, 5200 85th Avenue N., Brooklyn Park, MN 55443. You’ll have the opportunity to learn about this year’s projects, talk with project leads, meet faculty and students working on projects, and ask questions.
-
Opportunity is knocking! Here’s your chance to be RCP’s next community partner.
The Resilient Communities Project (RCP) at the University of Minnesota (U of MN) is now accepting letters of intent from cities and counties that wish to apply to be RCP’s community partner for the 2017–2018 academic year (July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018). The selection process is competitive, and the partner community must support the effort through dedicated staff time and a local financial contribution. You can find more details about the RCP application process here.
-
Spring semester RCP reports now available!
RCP students produced exciting new ideas and knowledge on a wide variety of topics this year, and their reports are now available to the public! Check out the reports to learn more about everything from stormwater reuse and renewable energy to barriers to affordable housing development and Latino community engagement. We hope you'll be able to apply the students' work to the challenges and opportunities in your own community.
-
Chaska Herald: Secrets on the Farm
By Mark W. Olson, originally published in the Chaska Herald, June 16, 2016
At first glance, the life of renowned Carver County Swedish pioneer Andrew Peterson is an open book.
Peterson penned daily journals of his farm life. Historians have written about him. A famed Swedish novelist used his life story as fodder for a series of books.