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]]> The Local Fiscal Impact Model (LFIM), developed by Dr. Oden, was used
to evaluate the fiscal impacts of three distinct development scenarios.
The modeled scenarios were linked to the Envision Tomorrow planning
software, also used in the Sustainable Land Use Planning course. Student
analysis and reports will enable the City of Leander to better determine
specific costs and benefits associated with development patterns.

]]> The City of Pfugerville has identfed the Wilbarger Creekside District as
a potental site for residental and commercial actvites that can absorb
antcipated populaton growth. The District is outside of Pfugerville city limits
but stll within the city’s extraterritorial jurisdicton. The District is anchored
by Wilbarger Creek, a 42-mile creek with a 116,000 acre watershed that
encompasses three of the fastest growing communites in Central Texas:
Pfugerville, Manor, and Elgin. The watershed is a unique ecosystem that
contains upland Post Oak Savannah and the Blackland Prairie, prized for
centuries by farmers and ranchers for its prime farmland soil

]]> Sustainable Land Use Planning classwork focused on two curricular units,
each informing the development of land use scenarios for the City of
Leander. The first part provided background information on the history,
institutional frameworks, purpose, principles and values inherent in land
use and comprehensive planning today. The second part covered the
background analytic and participatory skills needed for preparing to
undertake land use planning.

]]> Students examined preservation opportunities within Leander’s
institutional context, providing student preservationists with an
opportunity to apply their tools of practice. Their work included an
exploration of federal, state and local governments, non-governmental
institutions, and private sector support systems.
Students developed tools for implementing preservation policy and
programs that fit into Leander’s larger vision for the city, economic
development plans, and regional efforts. This work included an inventory
of Leander’s historic assets, a marketing strategy to get the word out,
historic preservation design guidelines, and funding opportunities to assist
in development of a downtown historic district.

]]> Pfugerville is one of the fastest growing cites in the United States,
with estmates that high rates of growth will contnue into the
foreseeable future. As part of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan the City
of Pfugerville is working towards increasing the amount and diversity
of housing with a special focus on building a dynamic and inclusive
community. Students in the Urban Studies Research Methods course
set out to understand the current housing situaton in Pfugerville
through analyzing Census data and surveying 350 current residents.
They combined this informaton with the 2030 Comprehensive Plan
and case studies from other cites to propose a number of housing
optons for Pfugerville to consider for future development.

]]> Pfugerville is one of the fastest growing cites in the United States,
with estmates that high rates of growth will contnue into the
foreseeable future. As part of the 2030 Comprehensive Plan the City
of Pfugerville is working towards increasing the amount and diversity
of housing with a special focus on building a dynamic and inclusive
community. Students in the Urban Studies Research Methods course
set out to understand the current housing situaton in Pfugerville
through analyzing Census data and surveying 350 current residents.
They combined this informaton with the 2030 Comprehensive Plan
and case studies from other cites to propose a number of housing
optons for Pfugerville to consider for future development.

]]> Leander will become increasingly sustainable by promoting connectivity
and pedestrian access within the community. A more connected landscape
will benefit current residents by creating outdoor networks. These
networks will allow people to move through the city with an increasing
amount ease. It will also serve future students enrolled at Leander’s ACC
San Gabriel Campus. Located in close proximity to the city’s TOD site,
students without cars will gain better access to amenities and housing near
campus and downtown.
Students in Introduction of GIS and Visual Communication used GIS and
Adobe software to analyze bicycle networks and connectivity within a
two-mile radius of Leander’s TOD site. Specific attention was placed on the
identification of bike network gaps and barriers to connectivity. Research
included best practices and improvement recommendations that align with
the city’s current and future land use plans.

]]> Leander, Texas faces sustainability challenges associated with an increased
demand for suitable urban housing and community amenities. Population
growth and demographic change will impact Leander’s physical landscape
and give new identity to the concept of density within the city. In this
course, students explored Leander’s increasingly urban landscape in an
effort to construct a new set of flexible and individualized design models
that guide current and future growth. In doing so, they investigated the
relationship between spatial and technical urbanism, physical orders
established by urban and landscape systems, and strategies for producing
new urban landscapes. By considering Leander’s current and future
context, the studio developed a series of urban design scenarios that
respond to the community’s changing structure.

]]> During Pfugerville’s comprehensive city planning process citzens listed parks,
trails and open space as one of the top fve livability elements in Pfugerville,
and a top three priority for Pfugerville’s development over the next ten years.
Pfugerville’s urban tree canopy is an important component of the city’s open
space and the city has invested resources in protectng and expanding the
canopy. The Pfugerville 2030 Comprehensive Plan sets goals to contnue
this expansion and to further community involvement in urban forestry
eforts. Students in the Resource Management class researched traditonal
and innovatve opportunites to meet these goals. Their work captures best
practces; identfes potental locatons; conducts a cost and beneft analysis;
and, discusses how to approach urban forestry over the next ten years.

]]> An open-air commemoratve park located on existng unused lots in the Colored Additon area of
Pfugerville ofers a creatve place making opton that honors both the Additon’s heritage and current
residents. The site would memorialize the history behind the Additon’s establishment and the stories of
the families and organizatons that created and sustained the area. The park contains multple statons
with interpretve plaques that detail: the history of the 1910 plat; the founding families, the histories of
the elementary school, St. Mathew’s, and St. Mary’s Baptst Church

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

Texas CityLab Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Hope Hasbrouck

Local Government / Community Contact
Emily Barron

Planning Director

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