Asset Mapping
The Community Geography Project of IMS augments its work for communities in the Portland region through an ongoing series of GIS and Asset Mapping (adapted from Kretzmann and McKnight) PSU Senior Capstone courses. Multi-disciplinary teams of students are introduced to issues that community partners bring to us that require a better understanding of community assets and the possible connections among them. Students do research, analyses (including GIS analysis), and develop presentations, reports, and GIS products that communicate their findings to the partners and community members at large.
Community partners have included: Neighborhood Pride Team; the Caring Community of North Portland; Southeast Portland Caring Community; Portland's Bureau of Parks and Recreation; the Regional Arts and Culture Council; the Portland Farmers Market; the Center for Public Participation (PSU); Southeast Uplift; and North Portland Neighborhood Services in partnership with Multnomah County Health Department and Kaiser Permanente's Healthy Eating/Active Living Initiative.
Examples of reports generated for these projects are available for download below. For further information about these projects or to inquire about future partnership opportunities, please contact Meg Merrick at: merrickm@pdx.edu; or 503.725.8291.
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REPORT (click to download .pdf or go to site)
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PARTNER
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| Multnomah County Youth Tobacco Access Report Spring/Summer 2009 |
| Chronic Disease Prevention Program, Multnomah County Health Department |
| Regional Public Involvement Training and Education GIS and Asset Mapping Project
Spring 2004 |
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Center for Public Participation, PSU
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| Getting to Know Lents: A Thematic Atlas of Healthy Eating and Active Living
Spring/Summer 2008 |
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Community Health Partnership: Oregon's Public Health Institute.
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Healthy Eating and Active Living in North Portland: An Assessment Spring 2007 |
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North Portland Neighborhood Services in partnership with Multnomah County Health Department and Kaiser Permanente's Healthy Eating/Active Living Initiative
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Clarendon at Portsmouth PhotoVoice Project Winter 2008 |
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Multnomah County Health Department and Kaiser Permanente's Healthy Eating/Active Living Initiative |
| Healthy Eating and Active Living in North Portland Visual Preference Survey: an Assessment
Summer 2007 |
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North Portland Neighborhood Services in partnership with Multnomah County Health Department and Kaiser Permanente's Healthy Eating/Active Living Initiative
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| Vanport Interpretive Signage Project for Heron Lakes Golf Course: Four Interpretive Signs
Spring/Summer 1999 |
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Portland Parks & Recreation with funding from Kaiser Permanente
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| A Richer Harvest: Toward a Regional Strategy for Portland Area Farmers' Markets
Spring 2005 |
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Portland Farmers Market
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| The 2006 Guide to Local Food Resources
Fall 2006 |
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Portland Farmers Market
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| Urban Agriculture Asset Mapping: Portland Region
Fall/Winter 2005 |
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Steve Johnson
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| 2004 Metro Area Arts Atlas
Fall/Winter 2004 |
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Regional Arts & Culture Council |
Montavilla Asset Mapping Spring 2006 |
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Southeast Uplift
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