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For 2016, 18 students were enrolled across two campuses, giving us the unique opportunity to have multiple studio clients. Students worked in small teams, and produced several outstanding projects.<\/p>\n

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\"Nether<\/a>At the request of township resident and Temple Planning student Randall Rook, students provided planning services to Nether Providence Township, creating a Master Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan<\/a>. Providing a detailed inventory of existing conditions, including results from a town-wide survey and police crash data, this plan prioritizes road and intersection improvements for the Township. It pays particular attention to connectivity within Nether Providence, as well as connections to adjacent municipalities and regional networks. The plan focuses on pragmatic improvements for accessibility to major points of interest, and for safety considerations. The result consists of recommended infrastructure such as roadside signage, sharrows, and crosswalk signals at specific locations in order to reduce reliance on single occupancy vehicles.<\/p>\n

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\"DivisionThe Division Street Corridor Revitalization plan <\/a>will help the City of Harrisburg to understand the unique needs and opportunities of the Division\u00a0Street Corridor. By creating a multi-modal boulevard, the plan will provide facilities for all modes of transportation and users and will provide key\u00a0connections within Uptown. The proposed redevelopment at the William Penn High School and the Uptown Shopping Center provide additional\u00a0options for apartment living in the city and fill a need for live\/work spaces and creates spaces for business development, vocational training, and recreation,\u00a0which provide additional amenities to area residents. Through the development of a new grocery store at the Uptown Shopping Plaza jobs\u00a0will be created and residents along the corridor will also have improved access to fresh food. The recommendations include the use of sustainable\u00a0environmental practices for both transportation and economic improvements, which can serve as examples for implementation in other areas of the\u00a0city and region. Further investigation into creative financing for these recommendations will be key to implementation. With a proactive team of the\u00a0city, stakeholders, residents, and developers the Division Street Corridor can be revitalized to support local residents, the economy, and advance the\u00a0use of green infrastructure.<\/p>\n

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Another team worked in support of the EPA grant to our Center for Sustainable Communities<\/a> to produce an Area-Wide Brownfields redevelopment plan<\/a> for the Lower North Delaware industrial district in Philadelphia. Students conducted focus groups with community residents, utilizing a Human Centered Design approach to encourage a community-led approach to this planning process. Utilizing a technique known as photovoice, residents were given cameras and asked to document what they liked about their community, what they didn’t like, and also to provide examples of what they’d like to see in their neighborhood. This research produced specific recommendations for the 5 catalyst sites, as well as the entire study area, that will be used in future phases of this research project. The report can be accessed here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"GreeningGreening Ockanickon<\/a>\u00a0is a sustainable action plan for Camp Ockanickon, a 300-acre camp site in Bucks County, owned and managed by the Washington’s Crossing Council of the Boy Scouts of America. The plan details existing conditions at the camp, and makes specific recommendations in the areas of waste, recycling, composting, stormwater management, drinking water and waste water, and energy usage. Consistent with the mission of the Boy Scouts, the plan also details how educational efforts are critical to achieve all of these goals.<\/p>\n

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\"Rail<\/a>An exciting project about to break ground in Philadelphia is the first phase of the Philadelphia Rail Park, which will ultimately transform a 3-mile stretch of unused rails into an urban park. While numerous studies have been completed about the proposed park, The Friends of the Rail Park needed a comprehensive community analysis of the area around the rail line. Temple students conducted that study, and make recommendations about the need for continued and enhanced community engagement. They found that successful similar urban projects, like the 606 in Chicago and New York’s High Line, made engagement a priority, and were able to leverage both public and private funds for both construction and operations of the park. Their\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0will be used as Friends of the Rail continues its advocacy for the development of this critical public space.<\/p>\n

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\"Germantown<\/a>The Germantown Avenue commercial\u00a0corridor between Dauphin and Berks streets in North Philadelphia sits in a state\u00a0of high vacancy and minimal commercial\u00a0activity. Disinvested for nearly half a century,\u00a0it is home to only a handful of functioning\u00a0business enterprises.\u00a0Local employment opportunities are scarce for\u00a0the mostly lower-skilled area residents.\u00a0Despite these identified problem areas,\u00a0substantial progress has been made through\u00a0the efforts of Asociaci\u00f3n Puertorrique\u00f1os\u00a0en Marcha (APM). APM spearheaded the\u00a0development of Borinquen Plaza, the most\u00a0significant commercial development in the\u00a0area. They have also been at the forefront of\u00a0housing development in the neighborhood.\u00a0Just a few blocks west of the focus area, APM\u00a0recently completed Paseo Verde, a sustainably\u00a0built apartment community mixing affordable\u00a0and market rate units.\u00a0This plan<\/a> seeks to build on these and other\u00a0improvements and changes to create a thriving\u00a0commercial corridor. Such a corridor would\u00a0host businesses offering the types of goods\u00a0and services that area residents need and\u00a0desire but currently have to travel out of their\u00a0neighborhood to get. The Temple University Master\u2019s
\nPlanning project team has developed its\u00a0recommendations through a multi-pronged\u00a0process which included numerous visits to the\u00a0corridor, meetings and discussions with local\u00a0residents as well as economic development\u00a0professionals. Meetings and communications\u00a0with representatives from APM gave\u00a0the project team a view into APM\u2019s own\u00a0considerable planning efforts, most notably the\u00a0development of a pop-up marketplace (PUMP)\u00a0for the training and cultivation of local\u00a0entrepreneurs through the use of temporary,\u00a0revolving commercial spaces. The project team\u00a0also gathered data on local demographics and\u00a0the state of the area\u2019s market and analyzed it in\u00a0assessing the opportunities for development.\u00a0This comprehensive market data from ESRI\u00a0allowed the project team to hone in on the
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