Articles from July 2008
GPURP Study Finds Complex Neighborhood Valuation Effects from Siting of Low Income Housing Tax Credit Projects
The relationship between locating low income housing and appreciation of neighboring single family homes may be more complex than suggested by current theory.
Two 2003 alums featured in Planning magazine
Bikeway and Walkway Plan Comes to Fruition
In April the Jefferson County Trails Council started putting up signs around Fairfield, Iowa for a citywide Bikeway/Walkway system. The original plan dates to a 2006 study by five University of Iowa URP students as a Field Problems project.
Alum Dean Palos Inducted into AICP's College of Fellows
APA news release:
For Immediate Release April 17, 2008
Contact:
Dean C. Palos, FAICP, 913-715-2220, dean.palos@jocogov.org
Ryan Scherzinger, 202-349-1008, rscherzinger@planning.org
Student Contributions Result in Main Street Iowa Award
Alum's Article on Sustainable Community Forests Published
One of our more prolific graduates, Jim Schwab, employed with the APA, has just published an article in the Spring 2008 issue of American Forests.
If You Thought Last Winter Was Tough...
Last winter's snow and ice were mighty tough going for those of us who work at the University of Iowa. But this month's flooding threatens to have far more lasting effects, almost all of them bad.