The historic Porters neighborhood was the recent recipient of a 2019 American Planning Association Florida Project Award of Excellence for its “Neighborhoods as Community Assets” project. The award was the result of a collaboration between the City of Gainesville and the University of Florida’s College of Design, Construction and Planning. The research initiative, one of […]
The UF-City of Gainesville Research Awards Showcase was held at Emerson Alumni Hall on Oct. 9 to celebrate the seven winning research projects selected last year. The teams presented their completed work and results at this event. As part of the University of Florida’s Strategic Development Plan, UF Senior Vice President and COO Charlie Lane
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Alumni Profile – Tyeshia Redden, Urban and Regional PlanningUrban and Regional Planning alum Tyeshia Redden graduated from our doctoral program with a focus on planning two summers ago. She recently worked on the Porters Community project with our URP program. You can read more about the project here. Can you tell us about your career?I
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Dan Kirby, BDES ‘89, was selected as the 2018 recipient of the Gold Medal presented by the Florida Association of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Florida). The Gold Medal is the highest award presented by AIA Florida. Only one award may be given in a year and it recognizes an architect for work resulting
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Porters neighborhood residents and stakeholders have created a new narrative, which is an innovative tool to communicate what makes the neighborhood special and should be protected in the face of development pressures. The “Porters Community,” as it is often called, is a historically African American neighborhood located in Gainesville between downtown and the University of
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DCP’s Graduate Student Association (GSA) recently helped with the restoration of the Cotton Club in Gainesville. This venue once hosted the likes of James Brown, Ray Charles and B.B. King. The Cotton Club started out as a venue to watch films in the late 1940s. It then later became the music hall known as the
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The 2018 Gator100 was announced and DCP had 18 companies on the list, including three of the top ten and the top two overall. The Gator100 recognizes and celebrates the 100 fastest-growing Gator-owned or Gator-led businesses in the world each year. Congratulations to Michael Young of ACY Contractors, LLC for being named the top company
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Chimay Anumba, dean of the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning, has been honored with the 2018 Computing in Civil Engineering Award, presented by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The ASCE recognizes Anumba as one of the world’s leading experts in developing artificial intelligence solutions to construction and civil engineering
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Have you ever wanted to design your ideal neighborhood? Put a park here, place a retail store there. Well, the children in Gainesville’s Porters neighborhood got that chance thanks to Urban and Regional Planning Adjunct Lecturer Laura Dedenbach’s URP 4000 class. Held at the Porters Community Center, the children in the afterschool program, with the
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Jarrell Smith graduated from DCP’s Urban and Regional Planning Program this spring. He has been in the spotlight recently as he was selected for the prestigious Eno Foundation Award and was named the grand prize winner of the Transportation Planning Division Student Paper Competition. DCP Communications recently spoke with Smith to ask him questions about
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