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RCP Recognized for Excellence and Innovation in Graduate Education
The Resilient Communities Project has been selected as the 2015 recipient of the MAGS/ETS Excellence and Innovation in Graduate Education Award. Jointly sponsored by the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools (MAGS) and Educational Testing Service (ETS), this annual award is given to a MAGS member institution in recognition of outstanding contributions to domestic and international graduate education at both the graduate school and program level.
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Rosemount Town Pages: City notes: Rosemount has made progress
By Mayor Bill Droste, Rosemount Town Pages, March 26, 2015
This week during the State of the City address, I discussed the progress Rosemount has made during the economic recovery and the prospects for even greater strength in the years ahead. I also talked about what the city and community must do to support a strong future.
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Star Tribune: West Metro Town Briefs: U program, Carver County to team up on sustainability
Originally published in the Star Tribune, March 24, 2015
The University of Minnesota's Resilient Communities Project (RCP) has chosen Carver County as its partner community for the 2015–16 academic year.
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NAPC: Graduate, Professional Students Connect to MN Communities
Originally published in the North American Procurement Council News, March 17, 2015
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RCP-Rosemount Spring Semester Reports Now Available!
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Carver County Selected as 2015–2016 Community Partner
Contacts: Mike Greco, Resilient Communities Project, [email protected], 612-625-7501; Nick Koktavy, Carver County Projects and Communications Manager, [email protected], 952-361-1797
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Rosemount Town Pages: Input needed for Resilient Communities project
By Emily Zimmer, Rosemount Town Pages, March 12, 2015
Like any community, Rosemount has strengths. Brent Hales, senior associate dean at the University of Minnesota, believes that in those strengths lie opportunities.
To figure out what those opportunities are, Hale’s Asset Based Community Development class is in the midst of researching Rosemount’s assets and how the city can use them to meet the community’s needs.
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Fourth Annual Sustainable City Year Conference
The Fourth Annual Sustainable City Year Conference was hosted this year by the University of Minnesota’s Resilient Communities Project. The conference was designed to meet the needs of both established programs patterned on the Sustainable City Year (SCY) model originally developed by the University of Oregon, and university representatives, city officials, and organizational partners interested in adopting and adapting the model to their home institutions and community contexts.
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Star Tribune: U students work with Rosemount to boost resident involvement
The city wants to engage residents further, and a class at the U took on the challenge of helping to make it happen.
By Emma Nelson, Star Tribune, January 20, 2015
Community breakfasts. Lecture series. Field trips to UMore Park.
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RCP Issues Request for Proposals for 2015-2016
The Resilient Communities Project (RCP) is now accepting proposals from cities and counties to be the community partner for 2015–2016. The partner community must support the effort through dedicated staff time and a local funding contribution. The selection process is competitive. The deadline for applications is 4:30 pm on February 13, 2015. The community partner for the 2015–2016 partnership year will be announced in March 2015.
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Kicking off the Rosemount Partnership
By Mike Greco
Only one month into the fall semester there is already an unseasonable chill in the air, but things are heating up in classrooms across the U of MN Twin Cities and Duluth campuses as more than 200 students in dozens of classes begin work on an impressive array of projects with the City of Rosemount, this year’s RCP partner community.
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Rosemount Town Pages: City, U of M kick off partnership
By Emily Zimmer, Rosemount Town Pages, September 25, 2014
Like all communities, Rosemount faces challenges ahead. Unlike most communities, though, for the next year, Rosemount has a team of University of Minnesota faculty and students trying to find solutions to those pressing issues.
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Rosemount elected officials, city staff, and residents to join U of M faculty in launching year-long partnership aimed at educating students and boosting community resilience
Who: Rosemount elected officials, city staff and residents, along with University of Minnesota faculty
What: Kickoff event for the Resilient Communities Project-Rosemount
When: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Friday, Sept. 19
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Rosemount Town Pages: City notes: Rosemount puts focus on sustainability
By Dwight Johnson, Rosemount Town Pages, May 29, 2014
The city of Rosemount is carrying out several initiatives this year that touch on a common theme: the sustainability of our community. And residents are likely to see the results soon — and for years to come.
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Rosemount Town Pages: STAR evaluation continues
By Emily Zimmer, Rosemount Town Pages, May 15, 2014
Rosemount city staff has started collecting information for the city’s STAR Communities benchmark. And while there’s still a lot of work to do, city administrator Dwight Johnson said the preliminary information is encouraging.