Conference Presentations

This program provides an overview of the coalition's work and will highlight their efforts to work with law enforcement, the regional high school, and the alcohol establishments. The strategies discussed in this program can be easily implemented in other communities.

This presentation describes how how EKU, Richmond and Berea developed a comprehensive economic development plan.

Targeting Alcohol Use and Abuse to Reduce Crime in a University Town

Understanding the Liquor Laws in Pennsylvania and the role of The Bureau of Liquor Enforcement

This session will cover the Community Living Class, which is a partnership between Off- Campus Housing & Neighborhood Relations, CU’s Student Conduct and Restorative Justice program, and the Boulder Municipal Court.

There are key elements that need to be in place to perform a successful town-gown charrette for optimal collaboration and productivity.

This workshop will review a longstanding program to connect The University of Scranton campus with its downtown business community, including best practices, lessons learned and next steps, focusing on a recent survey that highlighted progress and opportunities for improvement.

This presentation highlights the downtown engagement initiative between the University of Scranton and the City of Scranton.

A discussion on the value of Town & Gown issues in the knowledge economy.

A presentation on the legalization of marijuana in Colorado.

Understanding town-gown issues through the use of marriage metaphors.

Working together to tackle alcohol and other town-gown issues.

An economic situation report by Dr. Bruce Yandle, distinguished adjunct professor of economics at George Mason University.

Educating and Engaging: Developing Responsible Off Campus Students

Learn best practices for how to maximize the student learning experience through strategic community partnerships.

Elevating Social Justice and Civility to Enhance Our Environments

Strategic Community Policing

A case study on the evolution of public participation in planning for land use in the City of Waterloo, Canada.

In this session, attendees will hear about how the city of Berkeley, CA and the University of California, Berkeley and 16 other stakeholders collaborated through a consensus building process to produce ordinance revisions approved by the Berkeley City Council to address the problems associated with student alcohol consumption.

This session will detail the establishment of the NPC and explore the ways The University of Alabama and the City of Tuscaloosa reached a unique degree of cooperation, improved quality of life, and fostered the establishment and engagement of neighborhood associations.

Learn what Oxford and Miami University do to meet students where they are (developmentally AND physically) to help them learn about their new community, integrate as residents, and develop into engaged student citizens.

In partnership with the City of Eugene, this class gives undergraduate students the opportunity to delve into current Town & Gown issues as they generate creative solutions unique to a younger generation.

Created in the early 1990's, the Neighborhood Action Team is comprised of staff from the Town of Normal and Illinois State University. By engaging with neighborhood associations, landlords, and students, the Neighborhood Action Team has increased livability in near campus neighborhoods, helped students understand their role as community members.

Enhancing Quality of Life in Our Towns Through Sustainable Planning and Efforts

Enhancing the University Community Through Inclusive Outreach Efforts:

Envisioning an Equitable College Community: Addressing Injustice Through Partnerships in Planning

Equitable practice: Educated Landlord and Tenant Education

Equitable practice: Educated Landlord and Tenant Education

This session will share insights and recommendations gained through quantitative dissertation research focused on off-campus students. Specifically, the presenter examined the relationship between off-campus students’ sense of belonging and their behavioral choices in a college-town context.

This presentation identifies free online resources and opportunities for you to create thoughtful and accessible content and enhance your outreach.

In Athens-Clarke County, the University of Georgia, county government and community have expanded upon existing initiatives and found success in enhancing conversations and events that bring people together, including student/elected official breakfasts, downtown-by-day events, hosting a polling place on campus and making construction project discussions engaging and worthwhile endeavors. 

The Town of Wolfville and Acadia University created a series of background research papers on contemporary issues and conflicts and gathered experts together at a symposium on housing issues so that planning documents would be informed by a variety of viewpoints and proposed solutions.

This session begins with a comparison and contrast of the data gathered from campus and community participants in each pilot site. Representatives from each town-gown relationship then describe how this quantitative and qualitative information was used to develop a tailored alcohol prevention plan.

Finding a way to reach a fair economic plan between cities and nonprofits.

The session discusses the key highlights from the UKTGA Conference and provide an overview of strategic approaches developed by British based University Towns and Cities. 

This presentation will highlight the innovative public/private partnership that is a vital component of this program, and discuss how the LFNW program provides resources for organizational and event related sustainability initiatives.

Forward Together: How cities and universities can work together for real change

This session will highlight the importance of a strong and united partnership between campus and local fire officials and some tips on how to secure that positive relationship.

Getting new students positively involved in the local neighborhoods.

While home to almost 38,000 students and employing almost 10,000 faculty and staff, College Park has never developed into a vibrant college town. To address this, the University of Maryland and the City of College Park have formed a powerful working alliance to revitalize College Park and the Route 1 commercial corridor.

Many of Chicago’s universities have boldly embraced the national movement to introduce innovation and entrepreneurship into curricula and to realize the results by developing spaces to support start-up companies from students, faculty and the broader community. These initiatives have gained the support of Chicago’s mayors, the business leadership of the city, and state and federal government.

The economic downturn of 2007 created unique housing opportunities in the sleepy bedroom community surrounding Stony Brook University. Unscrupulous landlords illegally converted 3 and 4 bedroom homes into unsafe rooming houses, renting to 8-10 students each semester. Three years later, community leaders sent a letter in December thanking Stony Brook for its responsiveness.

In preparing a Request for Qualifications for a major downtown project, the city of Rock Hill., S.C., successfully employed a range of strategies that increased the number and caliber of developers who responded – as well as their investment in pursuing the project and producing results

This session will highlight the integrated planning process for University of Tennessee Health Science Center, focus on community engagement, and reveal the resulting new partnerships and place-based implementation strategies in the Memphis Medical Center.

Learn best practices in communicating methods for involving constituents and students in positive outreach for improving town gown relations.

Universities and their communities are often positioned as opponents in planning and neighborhood life issues. Georgetown University has had a contentious history with its community, which involved decades of litigation over the university’s campus plans. The presentation will provide lessons for university staff in community relations, student affairs, or campus planning, and for community and civic leaders.

From Riots to Quiet Streets.

This session highlights the new and evolving public private partnership planning process for University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

William Georges, a consultant to both major league and college sports on fan conduct and alcohol issues, will lead a discussion about alcohol use and misuse before, during and after college sporting events, and the experience of colleges that have introduced alcohol sales into their stadia. 

This session will discuss the best practices of implementing the model while highlighting Ohio State University’s program. Audience members will be exposed to a framework that supports students, senior citizens, alumni affairs and local non-profits.