Spotlight . . .

FAA 391 students' research from Fall 2010 gets published in a textbook on homelessness

In the 2010 Fall Semester, students in FAA 391 researched best practices of Permanent Supportive Housing models for housing the homeless.  They published a report which was presented to the Cities of Champaign and Urbana.  Part of this report was published by Greenhaven Press in their textbook series, "Opposing Viewpoints".  Read the original report here.

Parks and Open Space

Studios and courses in the Departments of Landscape Architecture and Recreation, Sport, Tourism have worked with partners to improve the social, recreational, cultural and environmental capacities of parks, open space, and vacant land in East St. Louis. In 2005, a landscape architecture studio worked with community partners who wanted to reclaim vacant land for neighborhood parks.  Another group of landscape architecture faculty and students developed landscape plans for community services, such as the Eagle’s Nest transitional shelter for homeless veterans.

Examples of Projects Related to Parks and Open Spaces:

•    KaBoom! Build at Illinois Avenue Playground
•    Pullman Porter Community Park Wish List, 2010
•    KaBoom! Build, Virginia Park, June 2009
•    Sunken Garden, May 2009
•    Virginia Park, May 2009
•    Lalumier Community Garden, May 2009
•    Heritage Trail Brochure 1 2006
•    Heritage Trail Brochure 2 2006
•    Lincoln Park Playground and Pavilion Alternatives 2006
•    Jones Park Master Plan 2006
•    Pullman Porter Community Park design and implementation, 2005-present
•    Master plan and reunion programming for Jones Park, 2005
•    Lincoln Park Analysis, 2005
•    Eagle's Nest Transitional Housing Facility Site Design, 2003
•    Illinois Avenue Playground
•    Virginia Park Enhancement, 2001
•    Gardening Manual, 1994