Bluefield, Virginia
Comprehensive Plan
Prepare an integrated, implementation-oriented comprehensive plan for Bluefield that can proceed through staff review and the Town's public adoption process.
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Choose among one integrated Bluefield comprehensive plan and four applied projects in Dickenson County. Explore the work, look closely at the confirmed sites, and think about what you want to learn.
Haysi, Virginia
Downtown Plan and Town Connections
Translate Haysi's downtown priorities into a focused physical-planning and implementation package grounded in the town's buildings, streets, river setting, businesses, and regional recreation economy.
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Clintwood, Virginia
Downtown Reuse and Housing
Develop a practical reuse and housing strategy for downtown Clintwood that connects building opportunity, housing demand, public-realm quality, access, financing, and phased implementation.
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Red Onion Industrial Park
Industrial Site Strategy, Website, and Marketing
Create an evidence-based positioning and communication package that presents Red Onion Industrial Park clearly to prospective businesses, site selectors, partners, and funders.
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Clinchco and Nora, Dickenson County, Virginia
Workforce Hub and Former-School Reuse
Develop coordinated reuse and operating strategies for former-school sites in Clinchco and Nora, connecting the facilities to workforce programs, users, partners, access, capital needs, and long-term stewardship.
About this projectListen before you decide.
Meet the community partners, listen to what they want, and use the project-needs material provided in class. Submit your final rankings after the Week 2 conversations. Teams will be announced in the following class.
Preferences help the instructor balance interests, learning goals, and the amount of work each project needs. A ranking does not guarantee a particular assignment.