Sustainable City Year Reports 2016-17 (Albany)

 

Recent Submissions

  • Passive Heated Building Proposals 
    Speck, Craig; Rempel, Alexandra (University of Oregon, 2017)
    The City of Albany looked to University of Oregon architecture students to gather climate and microclimate information for Monteith Park and use it to quantify local heating needs and monthly net solar heating resources. ...
  • Nonprofit Strategy Optimization in Albany, Oregon 
    Loigman, Dylan; Mason, Dyana (2017)
    Professor Dyana Mason’s Nonprofit Consultancy class worked in three groups to advise Albany community members and city staff in three distinct subject areas. Students assessed the current state of the Albany Senior Center ...
  • Bicycle Transportation in the City of Albany 
    McNeill, Mikaila; Schlossberg, Marc (2017)
    This report documents the ideas, methodologies, and proposals produced by students of the University of Oregon’s Bicycle Transportation class for the City of Albany, Oregon. Albany saw much of its growth during a period ...
  • Activating Albany's Downtown Waterfront 
    Heese, Brianna; Ribe, Rob (2017)
    Recently, the City of Albany, Oregon, carried out a major revitalization of its historic First Avenue and restored much business and activity to its downtown district. However, historic Water Avenue, which was a site for ...
  • Linking Nature and History 
    Goldberg, Landon; Ribe, Robert; Finney, Kevin (University of Oregon, 2017)
    Albany has a vibrant historic downtown and a beautiful waterfront park. However, the links between the two are not particularly frequent, inviting, or pedestrian- friendly. This proposal analyzes natural site conditions ...
  • Reinterpreting Culture and Nature as Productive Infrastructure East Thornton Lake Natural Area 
    Sund, Nicholas; Abelman, Jacques (University of Oregon, 2017)
    The City of Albany owns a 26-acre property beside Thornton Lake that is slated to become a future park and nature preserve. The site has historically been used for private homesteading and agriculture but has since become ...
  • Historic Preservation Campaign 
    Robertson, Lance (University of Oregon, 2017)
    The City of Albany primarily uses its website to provide information and resources concerning the historic districts for homeowners. However, the homeowners have to seek this information out themselves rather than the City ...
  • Remote Sensing Technologies and Techniques for Parks and Historic Asset Management in Albany, Oregon 
    Major, James; Kohler, Nick; Behrens, Syler (University of Oregon, 2017)
    The City of Albany, Oregon has iden ed three main objec ves to assist city sta to manage, analyze, and visualize historic aerial images for the purposes of parks and recrea on, as well as manage historic assets. The ...
  • Geographic Information Systems Housing Analysis in Albany, Oregon 
    Portwood, Paige; Kohler, Nick (University of Oregon, 2017)
    The University of Oregon’s GIScience 2 students collaborated with the City of Albany, Oregon, to gather, organize, synthesize, and map geospatial information. Albany is interested in better understanding the segregation ...
  • Cartographic Visualization of Parks, Trails, and Recreation Centers in Albany, Oregon 
    Miley, Emily; Meacham, James; Hendricks, Lauren (University of Oregon, 2017)
    In order to aid the City of Albany’s Park and Recreation Department (P&R) in the creation and visualization of their 2017 P&R Master Plan and to help serve the growing population, Albany partnered with the Sustainable City ...
  • Communication Plan for Albany Parks & Recreation Strategic Planning and Cases 
    Rasubala, Rian; Matthews, Kelli (University of Oregon, 2017)
    The City of Albany’s Parks & Recrea on Department (P&R) worked with public rela ons students at the University of Oregon to nd solu ons to increase community engagement and improve trust among Albany residents. The following ...
  • Historic Preservation and Revitalization of Albany 
    Matthews, Kelli (University of Oregon, 2016)
    The City of Albany Historic Preserva on Program partnered with the University of Oregon (UO) School of Journalism and Communica ons’ Public Rela ons Strategic Planning and Cases class to improve historic homeowners’ ...
  • Water Reclamation Facility Biosolids Market Analysis 
    Skov, Joshua (University of Oregon, 2016)
    The University of Oregon Master of Business Administra on and Master of Accoun ng students collaborated in Joshua Skov’s graduate-level course in Industrial Ecology (MGMT 641), inves ga ng the possibili es for the marke ...
  • Preparing for a Cultural Inventory in Albany, Oregon 
    Tully, Hillary; Flood, Bill (University of Oregon, 2016)
    The Community Cultural Development class in the Arts and Administra on Department at the University of Oregon was asked to present a plan to the City of Albany, Oregon, that would help the city develop a cultural inventory. ...
  • Eat, Play, Shop: Downtown Albany Re-Imagined 
    So, Kevin Eugene; Moore, Joseph (University of Oregon, 2016)
    This report summarizes the student design proposals for redeveloping three sites in downtown Albany, Oregon. University of Oregon Architecture students were tasked with iden fying op ons to increase ac vity within the ...
  • Albany Water Avenue Corridor Revitalization: Challenges and Opportunities 
    Johnduff, Michael; Margerum, Rich; Parker, Robert; Rosenburg, Stacy (University of Oregon, 2016)
    The City of Albany partnered with the Planning, Public Policy, and Management Department through the Sustainable City Year Program to help the city generate ideas for ac va ng the Water Street corridor and to consider its ...
  • Operating and Capital Funding Proposal 
    Deiters, MaryBeth; Lewis, Rebecca (University of Oregon, 2016)
    There are a total of 36 city parks in Albany and the city aims to build a community where everyone within the city limits lives within two miles of a park. Albany’s Parks and Recrea on (P&R) Department is responsible ...