Sustainable City Year Reports 2009-10 (Gresham)
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Item Open Access Review of Large-Scale Retail Design Standards and Development Principles: Accessibility, public space, human scale, safety, and sustainability in the urban landscape(University of Oregon, 2010) Witzig, Monica; Turnoy, Scott; ; Yang, YizhaoThis document is a compiled review of design standards that wil provide the City of Gresham with best practices related to large-scale commercial design standards and development regulations. For large-scale commercial or retail projects, it is important that a community’s design review program ensures development qualities consistent with the following urban design principles or values identified by the City of Gresham: • Accessibility • Public Space • Human Scale • Safety • SustainabilityItem Open Access Gresham Climate Futures Report: Spring 2010 Climate Preparedness in the Lower Willamette Subbasin(University of Oregon, 2010) Fracchia, Elena; ; Vynne, Stacy, 1979-; Fleury, NickIn this report, prepared for the City of Gresham and the Sustainable City Year program, climate change preparedness will be discussed as it pertains to the City of Gresham and the Lower Willamette Subbasin. The report begins by giving an overview of climate change and this project. Next, this report will discuss the various systems (natural, human, built, and economic) that are focused on throughout the report. It will next discuss the future climate projections for the city of Gresham. With this background established, the report then goes through the specific impacts and recommendations provided by local experts regarding climate change preparedness necessary for each of the previously described natural and community systems. Finally, the report concludes with a vision of Gresham for the future as well as an action plan for the city to begin preparedness planning for the impacts of climate change.Item Open Access Sustainable Development Concept Plan for Rockwood(University of Oregon, 2009) Abbott, Steve; Margerum, Richard D.; Parker, Robert; Young, Robert F.The intent of this concept plan is to create a safe and central place for diverse community groups to come together, for businesses to grow, and for the physical design of the streets to provide a healthy, pedestrian-friendly atmosphere. The concept plan presented in the following report suggests steps for transitioning Rockwood back to a thriving, and integral and valued part of the larger Gresham community. It is hoped that recommendations included here will provide the City of Gresham and residents of Rockwood with an actionable blueprint for achieving its sustainability goals.Item Open Access Rockwood Cultural Asset Mapping : Building Community and Engaging Residents(University of Oregon, 2010) Moore, Stephanie; Fenn, John B., IIIThis document outlines work done by graduate students in the Public Folklore and Cultural Programming course in the Arts & Administration Department during the Winter term 2010 and provides recommendations to the Gresham Redevelopment Commission for further study. The objective of this work was to build community identity in the Rockwood neighborhood by beginning the process of collecting the cultural assets important to Rockwood residents. Throughout the term the graduate students met with local community leaders in Rockwood to discuss previous community building initiatives and their issues. This information allowed us to understand what problems arise when trying to begin a fully inclusive community planning process.Item Open Access Water, Microecologies+ Density: Transit-Oriented Development at Gresham Crossings(University of Oregon, 2010) Hart, Bennett; Muller, BrookThis advanced level research and development focused design studio explored the potential synergies between transit-oriented development (TOD) and habitat sensitive and low impact design. Students were asked to generate dense schemes closely tied to non-motorized transit infrastructure that were rich with green (living) amenities and that support the ecological health of the local community and surrounding region.Item Open Access Gresham City Hall : Conceptual Designs Plans for a New City Hall(University of Oregon, 2010) Falkenstein, Lizzie; Arms, Shannon; Beardsley, Kelcey; Moore, ErinThirteen schemes were developed for the Gresham City Hall project under the Sustainable Cities Initiative during the winter term of 2010. Each group took a unique approach to the challenges and opportunities presented. All were concerned with density, creating viable public space, displaying sustainable systems, creating a ‘democratic’ building that emphasized public participation and visual connection, and strengthening pedestrian and transit paths to and through the site. Projects that had carefully crafted outdoor space, iconic building forms, a range of large-scale sustainable strategies and effective plan layouts seemed to garner the most interest from reviewers, both those from the City of Gresham and professionals. While a new City Hall is still years away, all of the proposals offered vital points of view and a range of solutions to the constraints with new development.Item Open Access TOD at Gresham Crossings: Integrating Ecology and Mixed-Use Transit-Oriented Development(University of Oregon, 2009) Schlachter, Rena; Muller, BrookThis interdisciplinary design studio focused on scenarios for multi-story, multi-unit transit oriented development for the 4.4 acre site, located across from Gresham Crossing in Gresham, OR. The studio program consisted largely of compact residential apartments and shared outdoor spaces that provide value for people and nonhuman inhabitants. This studio ultimately demonstrated that vibrant, dense development in an urban setting can provide green amenities and sustainable building features and infrastructure that benefit people and wildlife. The scenarios showcase these applications of low impact, nature-friendly, development practices for built structures, stormwater management and natural spaces.Item Open Access Shaping Light: Sunshade Studies for Gresham City Hall and Rockwood/Civic Drive Light Rail Station Designs(University of Oregon, 2009) Meier, Sina; Cheng, NancyThis course was comprised of three major exercises: the design of a light modulating screen; the design of a sun shading device for Gresham City Hall’s west-facing facade; and the design of a light rail station at Civic Drive and Rockwood Station. This report describes in detail all three projects and includes samples of student work as well as findings and design recommendations.Item Open Access City of Gresham: Program for a New City Hall(University of Oregon, 2009) Holverstott, Brett; von Bargen, Jean E.As a programming class we were charged with developing a comprehensive program for a new Gresham City Hall building. We started initially researching the city of Gresham by examining past articles about the challenges the city has faced during its development. We found out the city has had problems with creating a sense of identity and sustaining a thriving downtown. After visiting the site of the existing city hall it was clear the new city hall needed a stronger community connection and presence and needed to create a new identity for itself. During an interview session with specific departments within city hall, we focused on understanding how the building is used and what each user group’s needs are. For each person, we were interested in themselves as part of a larger department, their department as part of the city hall, and city hall as part of the city of Gresham. We were also interested in how they used to do their job, how things are done currently, and how operations might change in the future. After touring the existing facilities and analyzing what we heard from the interviews through charts and diagrams, we determined the following: Gresham City Hall will serve as an identity for an emerging downtown while promoting community revitalization.Item Open Access Sustainability Focused Data Analysis: To what extent do walkability, crime, and neighborhood predict housing prices?(University of Oregon, 2009) Armstrong, Price; Greene, JessicaThis study asks whether residents of Gresham, Oregon value the benefits of mixed land use as indicated by higher housing prices in walkable neighborhoods, controlling for other factors that affect home prices. By controlling for these other factors, this analysis identifies key predictors of housing values in Gresham and teases out the association of walkability with home prices, independent of lot size, neighborhood crime, and other possible confounding elements.Item Open Access Sustainable Suburbs: Rockwood Town Center Redevelopment Design(University of Oregon, 2009) Cassel, Roussa; Falkenstein, Lizzie; Larco, NicoAs part of the year-long partnership between the University and the City of Gresham, the Sustainable Suburbs studio focused on the Rockwood neighborhood and called for students to propose six development schemes for this area.Item Open Access Green Cities: Sustainable Development in Springwater(University of Oregon, 2009) Cunha-Rigby, Matthew; Young, Robert F.The Green Cities Project focuses on providing the City of Gresham with a set of policy and plan recommendations for the Springwater Community. Springwater, a 1272-acre site on the southeast edge of the Portland Metro Area, was added to the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) in 2002 and was the subject of the 2005 Springwater Community Plan. The Community Plan outlined a series of goals and land-use proposals for the area’s future development, intending to bring economic development to east Multnomah County, to provide family-wage jobs and employment opportunity for the area, and to promote a livable, sustainable environment for future residents. The work of Green Cities provides an alternate land-use proposal and development policy for the Springwater Community. This proposal aims to meet the goals of the 2005 Springwater Community Plan, while utilizing ecosystem services and sustainable development strategies to create a livable community. The Green Cities proposal approached development in Springwater by organizing research into five project teams, focusing on the site’s Energy, Mobility, Sustenance, and Waste needs, while incorporating the site’s Natural Flows into plan and policy development.