Sustainable City Year Reports 2011-12 (Springfield)

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    Cultural Mapping in Springfield, Oregon Laura Street and Brattain Neighborhoods: A Civic Engagement Study
    (University of Oregon, 2011) Grant, Lexie Olivia; Rosenbloom, Karen; Fenn, John
    This report outlines work by students in the Art and Sustainable Society course in the University of Oregon Arts and Administration Program during the fall 2011 term and provides recommendations to the City of Springfield for further study and action. It can be used as an example and guide for further community mapping and community engagement. This project focused on mapping the cultural resources of the City of Springfield, specifically the Laura Street and Brattain neighborhoods. The report reviews the students’ process of cultural mapping, the information gathered, trends identified within the information, and suggestions for further study and engagement. The first sections of this report contain background information on Springfield and the resources used by the Laura Street and Brattain neighborhoods. Descriptions and findings from the Laura Street and Brattain neighborhoods make up the following two sections. Each neighborhood section contains a description of the methodology used to address the corresponding objectives provided by the city of Springfield. These methods include surveying, interviewing, and cultural mapping. This data was then used to draw concluding recommendations, which makes up the final segmented portion of this report. The Laura Street neighborhood section of this report details suggestions to increase quality of life within the neighborhood. The Brattain neighborhood section of this report details suggestions to develop a continuum of “cradle through college and career” solutions to improve the educational and developmental outcomes of children in the area. The final section of this document details suggestions that relate to both the Laura Street and Brattain neighborhoods, and summarize this project and the suggestions of both groups to help uplift and enhance the quality of life in the City of Springfield. Appendices that consist of a copy of the surveys distributed, and a glossary of terms used within this document, follow the Conclusion section.
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    An Economic Analysis of the Value of Local Street Improvements In Springfield, Oregon
    (University of Oregon, 2012) Rasmussen, Ethan; Yang, Famery; Blonigen, Bruce A.
    The City of Springfield faces deteriorating street conditions due to a steady decline in transportation funding. The City believes a possible solution to this problem is to improve its local streets with funding from residential property assessments. However, to encourage property owners to bear the costs of improving roads, the City would like to better understand the value of local street improvements. This paper surveys the existing literature on amenity valuation and infrastructure investment and proposes a hedonic price regression to estimate the impact local street conditions have on residential house prices. Our results suggest better street conditions have a positive effect on Springfield house prices when property values exceed a minimum sales price threshold. Based on these findings, we conduct a cost-benefit analysis of local street improvements and suggest additional considerations for the City of Springfield.
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    Springfield Public Library
    (University of Oregon, 2011) Hille, R. Thomas; Austin, Ian; Cohen, Andrew; Dykes, Alex; Gunraj, Jessica D.; Hasenberg, Anthony; Huang, Jennifer; Jahn, Scot; Janke, Collin; Korn, Ian; Larson, Christina; Liu, Anna; Mhuireach, Gwynne A.; Min, Jiajian; Morgan, Chet; Petrie, Eric; Teran, Daniela; Tezcan, Yaman
    Tom Hille’s Fall 2012 architectural design studio participated in the Sustainable City Year Springfield Library project, and was tasked with developing schematic designs for a proposed new public library for the City of Springfield. To accommodate a growing population in Springfield, the city administration and library identified a need to build a new building wholly dedicated to the purpose of creating a civic space where all members of the community can have equal access to high quality information and educational resources. The design studio included 17 architecture students at both the graduate and undergraduate level. Over the course of ten weeks (one academic term), they individually proposed schematic designs for the library. The studio proposed a contemporary vision of a community-oriented library that developed its civic identity within a framework of sustainable design practices. Students explored sustainable building practices that enhanced the civic agenda of the library’s program, including rainwater harvesting in public space, daylighting in reading rooms, increased diversity through mixed-use spaces, and access to alternative forms of transportation.
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    Student Apartment Price Models for the Glenwood Riverfront Development
    (University of Oregon, 2012) Friedman, Joe; Clark, Joe; Stone, Joe A.
    This study examines the rent prices of the student housing apartment market surrounding the University of Oregon. The first key component of this study includes a Hedonic price model that helps evaluate what apartment complex amenities and characteristics are most important and influential in determining rental rates in the local community. Secondly, using the information from our Hedonic price model, this study will help the City of Springfield in their plans to develop a student housing project in the Glenwood Riverfront district, located along the Willamette River. Specifically, this study of rental prices and apartment complex attributes should be useful in evaluating the feasibility of a potential student housing project for the City of Springfield under their current development budget constraints.
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    Waremart Site Redevelopment Concept Plan
    (University of Oregon, 2011) Bates, Kai; McPadden, Raymond; Morley, Kimberly; Rafuse, Stephen; Margerum, Richard; Parker, Robert; Young, Robert F.
    With an overall goal of facilitating the revitalization of the Mohawk District, this concept plan provides goals and strategies for the redevelopment of the Mohawk District. By evaluating existing conditions within the Mohawk District, six student teams developed a neighborhood profile including demographic and economic conditions and trends, land-use and area infrastructure, and neighborhood amenities. This profile informed the student groups of opportunities and constraints for redevelopment of the Waremart Site and the District as a whole. From this profile, teams developed concepts for redevelopment of the Waremart Site based around three themes: affordable/mixed-income housing, medical-related, and light-industrial. In addition, teams developed concepts for improvements within the larger Mohawk District to support the overall goals of nodal development. This concept plan synthesizes goals identified by the six student teams into key goals for the Waremart Site and the Mohawk District. Some of these goals are complementary, and some indicate different directions goals could take.