Six Mile Creek: Final Deliverable
In partnership with the Downtown Ithaca Alliance (DIA), the DesignConnect team has developed potential trail expansion ideas and corresponding renderings for these ideas for Six Mile Creek. Some of these ideas include developing a cantilevered pathway that would extend over the creek, the use of different surfaces to help denote the trail and the creation...
South Hill Recreational Way: Final Deliverable
DesignConnect’s second engagement with community groups about the South Hill Recreational Way has culminated in a feasibility study for the expansion of the recreation way. The DesignConnect team investigated different ways the trail could be expanded, researched how to drum up further support for the trail expansion in the community and suggested a course for...
Spencer: Final Deliverable
After attending several town meetings and obtaining feedback from the people of Spencer, the Spencer team developed their final deliverables for the Town and Village of Spencer. The two key deliverables were zoning maps for the town and the village and a draft of land use regulations for the village. To see the zoning maps...
Collegetown Grocery Store: Final Deliverable
After a successful public meeting and many hours spent researching and sifting through survey responses, the Collegetown Grocery Store team has compiled their work into a final report. The final report developed by the team discusses their findings from a survey given to community members and students about a potential grocery store to be located...
Collegetown Grocery Store, Update #1
The Collegetown grocery store group held a public meeting in mid-March to discuss the idea of a grocery store located in Collegetown with key stakeholders and members of the community. The public meeting was a successful meeting of the minds between DesignConnect and the Collegetown Neighborhood Council. Topics covered in the meeting ranged from access...
Spencer Progress Update #1
The Spencer team has delivered their proposal to the planning board in Spencer and begun work on developing proposed zoning maps for the town and village of Spencer. Members of the Spencer team have also attended Spencer planning board meetings and provided the community with feedback on Spencer’s Site Plan Review Law. At the end...
Jam Session #1, Spring 2012
DesignConnect kicked off the Spring ’12 with its first Jam Session of the semester on Thursday, February 23rd. Michael Tomlan from the Historic Preservation Planning program came and spoke to DesignConnect participants about writing proposals and how to navigate the early phase of a project’s life. After Tomlan’s presentation, each group met with their team...
Collegetown Grocery Store
This project involves research and design guidance for a grocery store in Collegetown that will increase access to healthy food options for both students and permanent residents. Students will work with the grocers, Cornell’s Division of Nutritional Sciences, City officials, and community members to describe community interest and help assist, where possible, with discussions, data-gathering,...
14th St. Planning District, Elmira Heights
The Community Progress organization of Elmira Heights has begun a multi-stage project will work to help revitalize the economic and social landscapes of Elmira’s 14th street district (i.e. main street). The project will begin with a detailed Historical Significance Survey of existing properties as a means to help revise architectural design guidelines for the town’s...
Joint Comprehensive Plan, Spencer
CRP 5072 (Land Use and Environmental Planning Workshop) partnered with the Spencer Joint Planning Board last semester to help produce a comprehensive plan for Spencer, which was presented to community members and chairs people at the end of 2011. Issues of land use, zoning, future development, and local government regulation on gas drilling have become...
South Hill Recreational Way, Ithaca
The Friends of South Hill Recreation Way, a community group who has been working over the past few years to gain support for the improvement of this walkable greenspace, is ready to move its efforts to the next stage. DesignConnect has previously worked with this group to help produce design proposals, and the current project...
Six Mile Creek Walk, Ithaca
Downtown Ithaca Alliance (DIA) is excited to begin exploring opportunities that would enhance connections between downtown Ithaca and Six-Mile Creek. Elected officials and local business owners agree that Six-Mile Creek remains an underutilized asset for the city of Ithaca. By increasing access to the Six-Mile Creek trail and improving the quality of recreational and pedestrian...