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Prospects for Collaboration: Challenges and Opportunities of a Small City Campus David C Bagnoli, AIA, LEED AP, BD+C OCTOBER 17, 2013 Prospects for Collaboration: Common Opportunities for a Small City and Campus Part 1: College Towns as Communities of Opportunity Part 2: College Town Settings Part 3: Common Issues and Collaborative Approaches (Housing, Commercial/Retail Development, The Arts, Business Incubation, Shared Infrastructure) Conclusion: What are Bend’s Opportunities The Quintessential College Town= The Best Examples of Smart Growth Small Scale, Mixed Use Retail Balance of Pedestrian, Bike and Automobiles Walkable Neighborhoods Compact building design Open Space Sense of Place The Quintessential College Town= The Best Examples of Smart Growth All 10 are College Towns out of 10 are College Towns http://smartgrowthusa.wordpress.com/2011/01/22/corvallis-oregon-smart-growth-commuting-in-united-states-2009/ PART 1: COLLEGE TOWNS AS COMMUNITIES OF OPPORTUNITY Economic Impact of Colleges and Universities •2011 University of Colorado System Impact Study • $2.6B direct spending • $5.3B economic activity in the state • 2012 University System of Georgia Impact Study • $9.8B in direct spending • $4.4B in “re-spending” • 2012 Oregon State University Impact Study (by ECONorthwest) • $2.06B in “Contributions to the economy” • $1.93B in Oregon • 33% (~$500M) increase in last years University of Colorado System Impacts • CU System spent $246 million on construction projects in FY2011 • These generated economic benefit of $478 million • CU’s 57,400 students and 27,483 faculty, staff and student workers were engines of activity both as spenders and as generators of economic activity http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/05/17/new-university-colorado-economic-impact-study-cu-pumped-53-billion-colorado University of Colorado System Impacts http://www.colorado.edu/news/releases/2012/05/17/new-university-colorado-economic-impact-study-cu-pumped-53-billion-colorado INCREASED EMPLOYMENT AND ENROLLMENT: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly COMMON TOWN/GOWN ISSUES Student Related • Housing (On/Off Campus) • Parking • Student Life (Non Athletic/Recreation) • Student Life (Athletic/Recreation) • Academic Spaces COMMON TOWN/GOWN ISSUES Non-Student Related • Public Presence (Approach/Campus Tour/Recruiting) • Faculty/Staff Retention • Housing (Rental/Ownership) • Parking/Access • Family Services (Daycare, K-12 Schools) • Retail/College Town/ Disposable Income • Spousal Employment Opportunities • Founded in 1960 as collaboration between: •City of Ann Arbor, •University of Michigan and •2 business groups • Total Summer 2013 attendance topped 500,000 over days with economic impact of: • Dining~ $25.2 M • Shopping~ $48.7M • Hotel~ 155 Overnight Stays Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, Ann Arbor, MI • Founded in 2010 as collaboration between: •City of Middlebury, VT, • Middlebury College and • Downtown business groups • Total Summer 2013 attendance 2,000 with focus on local food/beverage industry Middsummer Fest, Middlebury, VT COMMON ISSUES AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES: Business Incubation Business Incubation: Ecovative, Troy, NY COMMON ISSUES AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACHES: Shared Infrastructure TigerTransit/Shuttle Services Princeton University’s new TigerTransit transportation system operates on a fixed route schedule, providing safe, convenient and reliable transportation throughout the Princeton campus and surrounding community www.princeton.edu/transporation/tigertran sit.html Community/Campus Integrated Bike Planning Shared Transit DARTMOUTH COLLEGE REAL ESTATE OFFICE~ Lebanon Street, Hanover, NH Mixed Use Building with 289 public parking spaces VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY~ West Broad Street, Richmond, VA Welcome Center, Bookstore, Retail and 300+ public parking spaces Parking MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE~ Cross Street Bridge, Middlebury, VT $16M bridge and trafffic circle, $7M from town, $9M from College, no state or federal funding Community Infrastructure WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BEND? Create an Enduring, Vibrant Place Realize Fiscal Benefits for the City of Bend Ensure long-term cooperation between OSU and Bend Contribute to the healthy, sustainable outlook that helps define Bend Create an Enduring, Vibrant Place Provide both a community and campus quality of life to ensure student, faculty/ staff recruitment and retention This will allow OSU at Bend to become and remain competitively success relative to its peer institutions Realize Fiscal Benefits for the City of Bend Maximize public dollars by efficiently using existing spaces/infrastructure and transportation options, while recognizing that the campus may have a visual impact on the image of the place Ensure long-term cooperation between OSU and Bend Plan for years of growth Consider faculty, staff and non-associated resident housing Create a method for integrated planning between Bend and OSUCascades to include housing, multiple transportation choices (Bike, Bus, Auto) and community/ campus connectivity Create economic benefits to both the school and the city through potential offerings such as the arts, retail, housing, sports, etc Contribute to the healthy, sustainable outlook that helps define Bend Create a balance and mix of uses (housing, academic, administrative and retail) to allow for reduced dependency on automobiles on, and adjacent to, campus David C Bagnoli, AIA, LEED AP, BD+C McGraw Bagnoli Architects, PLLC 1726 Connecticut Ave, NW Suite 126 Washington, DC 20009 dbagnoli@mcgrawbagnoli.com 202.506.7344