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Civic Engagement <br />Neighborhood Identities and Resident <br />Engagement <br />Recommended strategies for strengthening social ties and community by augmenting <br />existing social networks among residents rather than pursuing creation of <br />geographically -defined neighborhood associations <br />Land Use and Development <br />Post -Development Critique <br />Conservation Development Standards <br />Parking and Land Use <br />Transportation <br />* Transportation Demand Management <br />Policy <br />Transit -Oriented Development on the <br />Southwest Light -Rail Transit Line <br />* Received the annual "Best Student Project' <br />Revisited three controversial past developments to evaluate project outcomes, and <br />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 />developments that protect natural environmental features, preserve open space, <br />protect natural habitats for wildlife, and maintain rural character <br />Reviewed existing parking regulations, computed average parking demand, and <br />recommended innovative parking management strategies to reduce excess parking <br />Reviewed TDM ordinances and best practices in comparable suburban communities <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 />recommended model districts for proposed future station areas and transit hubs in <br />Minnetonka, and recommended guidelines for the city's financial and policy role in <br />future redevelopment projects in these locations <br />' award from the Minnesota chapter of the American Planning Association <br />For more information, contact: <br />Carissa Schively Slotterback, Director <br />Mike Greco, Program Manager <br />Web: www.rcp.umn.edu <br />Twitter: @RCPumn <br />Facebook: RCPumn <br />E-mail: rcp@umn.edu <br />cschively@umn.edu, 612.625.0640 <br />mgreco@umn.edu, 612.625.7501 <br />Resilient Communities Project <br />UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA <br />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 (lonE) <br />