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Fortalecimiento y desarrollo de actividades para un turismo sostenible.

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:40:32 +0000

El proyecto busca brindar la asesoría técnica necesaria para la reactivación de los servicios turísticos en cinco comunidades de Santa Elena. Debido al Covid 19 los emprendimientos de turismo comunitario se vieron seriamente afectados por la baja de clientes. Además de la necesidad de brindar no solo servicios seguros sino también de bioseguridad para que puedan atraerlos nuevamente a través de alimentos y bebidas y prestación de servicios para eventos. Adicionalmente, se identificaron los impactos que provocan las actividades turísticas sobre el recurso playa de diferentes comunidades, con el fin de planificar actividades de sensibilización tanto a los prestadores de servicios como a los visitantes.
A partir del trabajo realizado se desarrolló un programa de capacitación que también puede ser manejado de manera asincrónica, gracias a la creación de un canal de YouTube en el que se pueden encontrar temas para el área de alimentos y bebidas. Se identificó la línea base para poder trabajar en la creación de un destino para bodas y eventos en la comuna La Entrada, generando en el 2021 una guía básica de los tipos de servicios que se pueden brindar por la capacidad instalada y proyectada en los diferentes espacios de la población.
Todo este trabajo fue realizado por diferentes equipos de trabajo de la carrera de turismo durante los dos períodos académicos del 2021, dando como resultado la línea base para las áreas de alimentos y bebidas, eventos y planificación de destinos sostenibles, seguros y bioseguros, que aprovechan los recursos efectivamente.

Democracy in Action- Senior Center Project

Victor Manzanilla — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:37:51 +0000

The purpose of the Human Development 497 course collaboration with the City of San Marcos Senior Activity Center (SAC) was to review current volunteer processes and develop strategies for a more efficient structure for the volunteer process. Thirty three students studying with Dr. Eliza Bigham utilized a range of strategies, such as review of the literature from a wide range of databases, using an online survey program to gather input from current CSUSM students, consultations with the SAC Administrators, SAC Staff, and Professor Bigham, interviews with SAC members, and identifying appropriate models. The data, along with ideas generated in the classroom sessions, was utilized to construct effective materials addressing each of the objectives. By collaborating and applying the skills that they have learned throughout their academic program, the students were able to successfully deliver tools and recommendations to the SAC that will benefit the SAC’s future volunteer related procedures.

Stormwater inlets in the City of Salinas- Data dictionary and gap analysis

Victor Manzanilla — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:27:34 +0000

To consolidate the two data sets (InletsByZone and swInlet) taken of Salinas’ stormwater inlet drains, data points were verified and validated through a series of steps; if the points on both data sets’ overlapped, the data point was considered verified, if the points differed slightly or only one layer was present, Google Earth’s “street-view” feature was utilized in order to confirm existence of a stormwater inlet and validate such point. After points were validated, the “swInlet” layer was selected as the disposal layer due to the lack of information in the attribute table, as opposed to the “InletsByZone” layer which had more often been edited and added to by the city staff. The disposal of the “swInlet” layer left only the “InletsByZone” layer, in which all points are now validated or consolidated with any lacking data taken from the “swInlet” layer.

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

Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Bhupendra Patel
Social and Behavioral Sciences
lecturer, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
bpatel@csumb.edu

Local Government / Community Contact
James Serrano

Geocoding business licenses in Salinas

Victor Manzanilla — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:27:27 +0000

This project was conducted for the city of Salinas to assign geographic coordinates to a large set of public data, so that the city is able to obtain the locations of business licenses visibly by using ArcGIS. Our team was assigned approximately 8,252 total businesses and we had to verify the address location to ensure the business coordinates. After successful completion of separating and dividing data, we had to ensure the accuracy of business geocode license data for the City of Salinas.

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

Sustainable City Years Program Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Bhupendra Patel
Social and Behavioral Sciences
lecturer, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences
bpatel@csumb.edu

Local Government / Community Contact
Randy Casey

Culturally-Appropriate Crisis Interventions

Victor Manzanilla — Thu, 26 Oct 2023 23:27:24 +0000

This project was completed as part of the 2018-2019 Resilient Communities Project (rcp.umn.edu) partnership with Ramsey County. Ramsey County Behavioral Health provides comprehensive mental health and chemical health services to children and adults, many of whom lack access to treatment. A substantial number of Karen refugees–a minority ethnic group from Burma’s eastern border along Thailand–have settled in St. Paul. Karen residents are currently underrepresented in their use of all behavioral health services, particularly crisis intervention services. Anecdotally, staff hear that people experiencing mental health crisis are either using the emergency room, go without care, or receive services through the corrections system after an
arrest. Ramsey County project lead Nikki Miller worked with a pair of students enrolled in FSOS 4294: Research Internship, taught by Dr. Sara Axtell, to research the literature on crisis intervention programs, strategies, or approaches that are successful nationally in understanding and
meeting the needs of the Karen or other traditionally underserved ethnic/racial communities; conduct telephone interviews with staff at organizations or agencies that serve Karen families to learn more about these programs, how they were initiated, how they operate, and best practices/lessons learned that might be transferable to the Ramsey County context; and recommend strategies to increase access to and use of county services by Karen
families. The students’ final report and a project brief summarizing the project are available.

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

Resilient Communities Project Contact Info

University Faculty Contact
Sara Axtell
Family Social Science
Lecterur
axtel002@umn.edu
612-625-0252

Local Government / Community Contact
Nikki Miller
Social Services
Crisis, CMH and Mothers
First Manager
nicole.miller@co.ramsey.mn.us
651-266-4070