News + Updates
September 2023. The Department of City & Regional Planning is pleased to announce a monetary gift from Cleveland philanthropist and Cornell alumnus Joseph P. Keithley (BS '71, MS '72) and his wife Nancy Keithley to support the emerging tRUST-lab being developed by CRP Lecturer Mitch Glass and CRP Professor and Department Chair Sophie Oldfield. The tRUST-lab is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative, advocacy platform focused on actionable planning and urban design workshops, research, and on-the-ground partnerships that address critical issues facing Rust Belt communities and residents, with Cleveland as the original and ongoing case study The Keithley's generous gift will allow development of the lab and its presence in AAP over the next three years while supporting its core goals of expanded workshops, research, community engagement, and community visioning.
tRUST-lab Supported by Seed Grant from Cornell Alum and Cleveland Philanthropist
September 2023
The Department of City & Regional Planning is pleased to announce a monetary gift from Cleveland philanthropist and Cornell alumnus Joseph P. Keithley (BS '71, MS '72) and his wife Nancy Keithley to support the emerging tRUST-lab being developed by CRP Lecturer Mitch Glass and CRP Professor and Department Chair Sophie Oldfield. The tRUST-lab is a multi-disciplinary, collaborative, advocacy platform focused on actionable planning and urban design workshops, research, and on-the-ground partnerships that address critical issues facing Rust Belt communities and residents, with Cleveland as the original and ongoing case study. The Keithley's generous gift will allow development of the lab and its presence in AAP over the next three years while supporting its core goals of expanded workshops, research, community engagement, and community visioning.
tRUST-lab Identifies Short-Term and Long-Term Strategies for Gordon Park on Cleveland's East Lakefront
December 2023
Working closely with partners at LAND studio, the tRUST-lab team provided visionary landscape infrastructure strategies for the future of Gordon Park South, the east lakefront, and St. Clair-Superior. Seeking both short-term, implementable ideas as well as more aspirational and visionary thinking, students in the LA6010 studio in the Department of Landscape Architecture worked in teams to "re-imagine" and "re-capture" the park and lakefront for people - creating new circulation routes and a bold land bridge over the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway (I-90) to connect the park to the water. Final reviewers included representatives from the City of Cleveland, Metroparks, St. Clair Superior Community Development Corporation, LAND studio and others.
tRUST-lab Completes 15-Minute Neighborhood Study for Buckeye/Woodhill, Cleveland
December 2023
Students in the Fall 2023 CRP5072 Urban Design workshop course have completed a semester-long engagement studying the application of the 15-Minute City concept to the neighborhood of Buckeye/Woodhill in southeast Cleveland. Initial mapping and "ground truthing" in Cleveland led to a series of site-specific recommendations to support ongoing resident and city-led initiatives that seek to regenerate this working class neighborhood and bring needed amenities and infrastructure improvements. Working in teams of 3, the students completed narrative ArcGIS StoryMaps for four distinct focus areas around the Buckeye/Woodhill RTA transit station. The work will continue to be valuable to community change makers and city staff in an ongoing dialogue about next steps for neighborhood improvements and growth.