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Parks and Recreation <br />Recreational Programming for Children's <br />Interaction with Nature <br />Recreational Opportunities for <br />Underserved Populations <br />Community Gardens <br />Environment <br />Climate Adaptation <br />Greenhouse Gas Emissions Study <br />Storm Water Management <br />Water Reuse and Conservation <br />Assessed park and recreation systems to identify opportunities to introduce nature - <br />based recreation and play for children <br />Evaluated how well current recreational offerings meet the needs of people with <br />disabilities, seniors, and new immigrants and recommended improvements to better <br />serve these groups <br />Assessed existing community gardening program and recommended programmatic <br />changes to improve gardeners' success, reduce administrative burden on staff, and <br />balance use of public spaces for gardening against other recreational uses and needs <br />Identified potential local impacts of climate change, as well as strategies to reduce the <br />community's vulnerability to these impacts <br />Oak Savannah and Riverfront Restoration <br />Park Restoration and Environmental <br />Education <br />Identified strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the municipal and <br />individual business and household levels <br />Identified opportunities and design strategies for storm water infiltration that balance <br />aesthetics and functionality, reduce long-term maintenance costs, manage winter <br />snow melt, and provide opportunities for other passive uses <br />Investigated the feasibility of reusing storm water and treated effluent for irrigation <br />on public and private property <br />Evaluated existing restoration activities in the Mississippi River Critical Area Corridor <br />and recommended an overall restoration strategy to coordinate these efforts and <br />incorporate public access opportunities <br />Created a plan to manage buckthorn and emerald ash borer in City parks and use <br />this opportunity to educate residents about the ecosystem service value of <br />management and restoration <br />Land Use and Transportation <br />Urban Agriculture <br />Non -Motorized Transportation Assessment <br />Travel Shed Analysis <br />Explored opportunities to capitalize on the existing local agricultural economy in <br />Rosemount by supporting locally grown food, agritourism, and value-added <br />agricultural products <br />Designed an evaluation plan to assess the impact of non -motorized transportation <br />plans and investments in Rosemount <br />Conducted a travel shed analysis of where Rosemount residents and employees work <br />and live to inform future transit and transportation planning <br />Economic Development <br />Analysis of Dakota County Business <br />Clusters <br />Eco-Green Business Park <br />Economic Development Website <br />Analyzed business clusters in dakota county to identify opportunities for rosemount <br />to capitalize on existing and emerging clusters <br />Explored opportunities for attracting green businesses and encouraging adoption of <br />green building/manufacturing standards for a future green business park <br />Evaluated rosemount's existing economic development website and recommended <br />improvements to better meet the needs of developers and the business community <br />For more information, contact: <br />Carissa 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 <br />Twitter: @RCPumn <br />Facebook: RCPumn <br />E-mail: rcp@umn.edu <br />Resilient Communities Project <br />UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOT.A <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 />