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t: k <br /> Civic Engagement <br /> Neighborhood Identities and Resident <br /> Recommended strategies for strengthening social ties and community by augmenting <br /> Engagement <br /> existing social networks among residents rather than pursuing creation of <br /> geographically-defined neighborhood associations <br /> Land Use and Development <br /> Revisited three controversial past developments to evaluate project outcomes, and <br /> Post-Development Critique recommended strategies to improve the public input process to ensure the needs <br /> and concerns of both developers and residents are being considered <br /> Created a conservation development scorecard to encourage sustainable <br /> Conservation Development Standards developments that protect natural environmental features, preserve open space, <br /> protect natural habitats for wildlife,and maintain rural character <br /> Parking and Land Use Reviewed existing parking regulations,computed average parking demand, and <br /> recommended innovative parking management strategies to reduce excess parking <br /> Transportation <br /> ' Reviewed TDM ordinances and best practices in comparable suburban communities <br /> *Transportation Demand Management <br /> nationwide and recommended an innovative two-phase TDM policy to reduce peak- <br /> hour demand <br /> Developed detailed policy-oriented case studies of TOD districts in similar cities, <br /> Transit-Oriented Development on the recommended model districts for proposed future station areas and transit hubs in <br /> Southwest Light-Rail Transit Line Minnetonka,and recommended guidelines for the city's financial and policy role in <br /> future redevelopment projects in these locations <br /> Received the annual"Best Student Project"award from the Minnesota chapter of the American Planning Association <br /> For more information, contact: <br /> Carisso Schively Slotterback, Director cschively@umn.edu, 612.625.0640 <br /> Mike Greco, Program Manager mgreco@umn.edu, 612.625.7501 <br /> Web: www.rcp.umn.edu Resilient Communities Project <br /> Twitter: @RCPumn <br /> Facebook: RCPumn UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA <br /> E-mail: rcp@umn.edu Driven to Discover,. <br /> RCP is an initiative of the Sustainability Faculty Network at the University of Minnesota, with funding and <br /> administrative support provided by the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs(CURA) and the Institute on the Environment(IonE) <br />