Dartmouth College Planning

FINE is looking to hire a project manager for our new Farm to Cafeteria project, funded by the Jane’s Trust, focussed in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and greater Boston. Please see the  Farm to College – RFP and forward to individuals that you think might be interested, post on appropriate lists.

submission deadline is February 15, but position is to be filled  as soon as possible.

Questions? Contact:

Peter Allison, Coordinator
Farm to Institution New England (FINE)
www.FarmtoInstitution.org
Peter@FarmtoInstitution.org
802.436.4067 (W)
802.291.2019 (M)

VPR, 1/10/13

Mitch Wertlieb conducts a one-on-one interview with President-elect Philip Hanlon ’77. Hanlon discussed his ties to Dartmouth as an alumni, what some of his focuses will be during his tenure such as cost reduction and student life issues, and his overall excitement to be leading the College. “I am thrilled to be returning to Dartmouth. It’s a place that has had a profound, positive impact on my life and I’m honored to have the opportunity to lead the college,” says Hanlon.

Listen to the interview here.

Collis Center is undergoing major renovations this winter.  The Collis Café is getting a facelift and the building is getting a new heating and cooling system.  As of 7th January, only part of the first floor and basement will be open.

collis cafe renovation

Collis Common Ground and Room 101 will serve as the temporary dining facility. Collis Market and One Wheelock will remain open.  Offices located on the 2nd and 3rd floor Collis have been moved to temporary locations nearby (please see information below).

The renovated space will reopen by the end of March 2013. We will post updates and pictures pertaining the renovation regularly here at our blog, facebook and twitter page. Please check back often!

The Economic & Labor Market Information Bureau just released a paper based on the Local Employment Dynamics program data.  The paper focuses on worker flow in the Lebanon MicroNECTA.

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The report can also be accessed on the ELMI webpage.

The Office of Planning and Design is working hard with Public Affairs towards a brand new campus map for Dartmouth!

With searchable buildings along with image and descriptions, outdoor meeting areas, parking lots, ADA accessible entrances as well as Emergency Call boxes, this phase 1 effort will be a great leap from our existing campus map. 

We are looking at an official launch at the end of the winter term. At the mean time, check out the new campus map styling attached and stay tuned!

Sneak Peak of the upcoming online campus map

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Returning to India from Seoul, South Korea, for Diwali last year, Arunprasad Durairaj had to make a stop in Bangalore to meet a friend before heading to his family in Chennai.

The city’s heavy traffic caused him to miss the bus. Briefly stranded, he had his share of transport woes before he could get home. Recounting the experience to a friend, he was aghast when she said: “I drove my Alto to Chennai on the same day, empty seats and all.”

Years of entrepreneurial experience in the US, where he ran a business of producing biodegradable plates for mass supply as part of his Dartmouth MBA degree, kicked in. The 30-year-old, who had joined Samsung’s merger and acquisitions department in Seoul soon after his management course, thought of an idea that could commercialize carpooling.

His carpooling program, Zinghopper.in went on stream on October 17. (Read more here)

 

 

bike-lease program (click to news)

Transportation Services of TAMU — recently named the 2012 Innovative Organization of the Year by the National Parking Association — initiated the Borrow-a-Bike program in early October, allowing students and University employees to lease a bike for a short period of time to navigate the 5200-acres campus.

the program was implemented to give transportation options to students who come to college without a vehicle.

It gives students and faculty the opportunity to try leasing a bike to see if it is an alternative that will work for them, without having to pay for a long-term lease. (Read more here)

A good way to promote healthy commute isn’t it? Wonder how would a program like this run during winter season?

Author of Visualizing Density identifies essential ingredients of sustainable urbanism

Buy “Made for Walking in Amazon.com (click picture

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Dec. 12, 2012 — In the richly illustrated new book Made for Walking: Density and Neighborhood Form, Julie Campoli identifies the essential characteristics of successful urban neighborhoods that provide a better quality of life and a reduced carbon footprint.

Made for Walking, published by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, provides new ideas about the role of density and the importance of diverse land uses. The urban design principles are illustrated through 12 urban neighborhoods of approximately 125 acres each—a comfortable pedestrian walk zone:

• LoDo and the Central Platte Valley, Denver, Colorado
• Short North, Columbus, Ohio
• Kitsilano, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Flamingo Park, Miami Beach, Florida
• Little Portugal, Toronto, Ontario
• Eisenhower East, Alexandria, Virginia
• The Pearl District, Portland, Oregon
• Downtown and Raynolds Addition, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York
• Little Italy, San Diego, California
• Cambridgeport, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Old Pasadena, Pasadena, California

These neighborhoods are great examples for various modes of transportation, diverse housing types, and a variety of things to do and places to shop. Their streets are comfortable, attractive, and safe for bikig and walking, and show how compact development can take shape in different regions and climates.

The book deeper understands urban density including density of jobs, schools, and services such as retail, transit, and recreational facilities. Fitting more amenities into a neighborhood will enhance the quality of life for residents and visitors.

In the 1990s, the “three Ds”—diversity of land uses, density, and design—were identified as key elements of the built environment that encourage alternative transportation. Now, these “three Ds” along with distance to transit and destination accessibility became “Five Ds and a P (parking)” provides the framework for what is commonly referred to as New Urbanism or smart growth. Campoli extends this work with a focus on walking and neighborhood amenities.

About the author
Julie Campoli is an urban designer and coauthor of Visualizing Density and Above and Beyond: Visualizing Change in Small Towns and Rural Areas. In her practice as well as her writing, she combines a planner’s perspective and a designer’s sensibility to illustrate the built environment and the processes that shape it. Her research on land settlement patterns has been supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts the Graham Foundation and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Julie is a 2010 Harvard University Loeb Fellow.  Her design practice, Terra Firma Urban Design, is based in Burlington, Vermont.

Made for Walking
Density and Neighborhood Form
Julie Campoli
December 2012
$50.00; 208 pages
ISBN 978-1-55844-244-3