Conference Presentations

Discover new housing trends in other university communities and take home samples of model ordinances related to student housing.

This presentation highlights how the university staff, students, city staff, and local business community teamed up to turn various iterations of semester-ending stereotypical ragers into a community-building opportunity.

In Hays, Kansas, we’ve made it a priority to work together to better our community and the way our students interact with it. Each year a “welcome home” party is thrown specifically for faculty, staff, and students. A parade led by the mayor marches the group from campus to the Downtown district for free food, music, prizes, and fun.

March to Main - Partnering to Welcome and Invest in Our Students

Minimizing Risk and Community Disruption through Rental Licensing

Learn about the AACT community campus coalition and Move-In Orientation between the University of Boulder and Boulder, Colorado.

A guide provided to students by the University of Colorado's Off-Campus Housing & Neighborhood Relations office to help them understand their responsibilities off-campus and make their move-in as smooth as possible.

This session will show how the Neighborhood Wellness/Community Civility Effort is using collaborative engagement and shared responsibility to refocus efforts to address new and old challenges in San Luis Obispo neighborhoods that are adjacent to or near Cal Poly University.

Learn about the West Chester Community Campus Coalition and their new program initiatives.

This workshop from University of Georgia Archway Partnership faculty will share new directions in evaluating community-university partnerships across the state. Topics discussed include: an overview of the Archway Partnership process, methods of evaluation, community impact, student experiential learning, and faculty research and service. Presenter: Sharon Liggett, Operations Coordinator, UGA Archway Partnership, Georgia Center 

How does a large, urban campus enhance an area’s quality of life in the 21st century? This presentation will share the process, development, and evolution of Northeastern Crossing’s mission and vision since it opened.

In March 2015, UNC provided a $3 million ten-year, no-interest loan to Self-Help, a community development organization, to do land-banking in Northside which was at a tipping point between being a neighborhood of mostly long-term residents and becoming a primarily student neighborhood.

This session focuses on the unique needs of students living off campus versus traditional commuter students.

A presentation highlighting the process and challenges of a partnership to meet transportation needs in Greensboro.

Learn steps for improving relations and student safety through off-campus housing improvements.

The purpose of this program is to talk about how departments at Rutgers and in the community have partnered together to provide resources to students with food insecurity.

In this interactive session, a municipal police Chief (Oxford, Ohio), a university police Chief (Miami University), and a university dean of students (Miami University) discuss the evolution of their personal and staff working relationship/partnership and how it has been shaped by local environmental factors and student issues.

When parking troubles put a squeeze on downtown Columbus progress, Capital Crossroads Special Improvement District (SID), Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) and the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission (MORPC) looked for innovative solutions.

In this session we review the process by which the Miami-Oxford community has developed a sustainable effort to address college student alcohol abuse and its impact on the broader community.

Learn about the University Community Collaborative (UCC) economic development initiatives between Northwest Missouri State University and the City of Maryville.

Learn from a participatory panel discussion about an efficient and effective ways to prepare in advance for potential community division, hate incidents, and unrest.

A flyer from the University of Colorado's Off-Campus Housing & Neighborhood Relations to aid students in hosting parties without creating issues for themselves or the community.

This session describes several initiatives that create an opportunity for peer education on community impact of certain behaviors; students’ role as community members, and increased active bystander intervention in large crowds. Noise and nuisance house arrests decreased by over 50% in just 2 years.

The session will highlight how the university and community responded to events as they occurred and developed proactive strategies to create a climate that is conducive to acts of hate and bias including a grassroots community initiative which has become a unifying force in these efforts.

Addressing multiple town-gown issues with practical solutions.

This session explores how your town and school can work together to cultivate support for the arts and create the centers that house them.

Saint Joseph's University recently implemented pro-active strategies to educate students about off-campus living and to respond to neighbor complaints about noise, trash and vandalism.

The session will outline key strategies for developing effective planning tools and incentive programs to revitalize Town-Gown neighborhoods.

Chicago State University plays a unique role in delivering higher education to students with diverse backgrounds and educational needs on the South Side of Chicago. CSU's goal is to help solve this problem by establishing a satellite campus that would further assist in community outreach efforts.

Planning for a Sustainable Future: Creating a Neighborhood that will serve Alums, Students, and the Community

We present the results of a study of studentification processes in the North American context and our development of a framework for planning and policy approaches, highlighting what many colleges, students’ unions, municipal governments, and neighborhood associations are doing to develop and implement practices that create more balance in their local communities.

PLANNING FOR FALL 2020 & OFF-CAMPUS STUDENTS

Learn how the Town of Normal has embraced the town and gown as an opportunity to include the university in planning and solicit feedback, strengthening a mutually beneficial relationship between Town and ISU.

PLCB working for Pennsylvania

Pobody’s Nerfect: Learn from my mistakes…please!

When the inaugural season for CSU's new on-campus stadium kicked off, the players weren’t the only stars. In 2014, CSU and the City of Fort Collins created comprehensive working groups to outline infrastructure improvements and design game day operations. Learn how they conducted extensive outreach to mitigate negative impacts and followed-up with ongoing improvements throughout the season.

In this session, participants will hear an overview of the ITGA 2018 Data Digest. This inaugural survey was launched early in 2018 and will continue to be an annual organizational survey examining town-gown issues and opportunities.