Planning Studio in the Quest Center District

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:36:21 +0000

Master’s students in City Planning and Urban Affairs will collaborate with the New Bedford Economic Development
Council to help expand plans to develop the downtown Quest Center District into a campus-like setting for start-up
activity and artist housing/studio space. Students will receive firsthand planning experience by developing a vision for
a vibrant and productive mixed-use district.

Read the final student report delivered to the local gov/community partner.

MetroBridge Projects Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Julie Conroy
City Planning

jconroy@bu.edu

Local Government / Community Contact

San Diego State University

Ada Inman — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 00:28:52 +0000

The Sage Project

The Sage Project is a program within the at San Diego State University with a simple goal: tackling sustainability goals through community-based projects. Thousands of university students are eager to use their knowledge, skills, and creativity outside of the classroom, and faculty need impactful projects to offer these students. The Sage Project establishes partnerships with local communities that give SDSU students access to dozens of projects each year developed in close collaboration with the community. The result is a sustainable relationship between the university and surrounding communities. University faculty are given the connections and resources to seamlessly incorporate community-based projects into their courses, university students learn through real-world projects, and partner communities get immediate access to dozens of instructors and researchers at the cutting edge of their fields plus students with the drive and fresh perspective to offer innovative solutions to the community’s pressing problems.

CRS aims to expand its programming and initiatives to continue to make an impact on students, faculty, staff and the greater community at large, and to set an example for institutions around the world. By design, Sage and its sister programs help to move SDSU toward the “Fifth Wave” institutional goal of a culture that is transdisciplinary, collaborative, and problem-driven, by addressing global challenges at a local level, through collaborations across campus and with partners from business, government, nonprofits, and education.

Fun Facts about Sage

Sage has gone international via a partnership with the City of Tijuana, Mexico, on a project focused on helping improve parks through community engagement and education. In addition, through partnership with Sage, the City of Lemon Grove, CA, was the first US city to apply the UN Habitat’s climate action planning toolkit. Sage has also partnered with the San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board, a regional office of the California Water Boards, a State agency.

Year Program Established | 2013
Country | US
Federal Region of Program | 9

Public or Private Institution | Public
Number of students at institution | 35,000

Highlight Videos and Articles

by Erik Anderson
by Karen Pearlman
by Gary Warth
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by the EPA’s Net Zero program
by Jonathan Goetz
by the San Diego Red
by Jeff Ristine
by Aaron Warnick
by Susanne Clara Bard
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by Hannah Ramirez

Community Partners

Contact Info

Jessica Barlow
Program Director
(619) 594-3807
jbarlow@sdsu.edu