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.  

PROJECT	REPORT (click to download .pdf or go to site)	PARTNER
Portland Region's Parks: Measuring Equity in Access Spring 2012		Audubon Society of Portland Coalition for a Livable Future Metro
PDX Streetverve Summer 2011		Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies
Rose CDC PhotoVoice Project Spring 2011		Rose Community Development
Arts and Culture Asset Mapping Spring 2010		Multnomah County Cultural Coalition
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		Center for Public Participation, PSU
Getting to Know Lents: A Thematic Atlas of Healthy Eating and Active Living Spring/Summer 2008		Community Health Partnership: Oregon's Public Health Institute.
Healthy Eating and Active Living in North Portland: An Assessment Spring 2007		North Portland Neighborhood Services in partnership with Multnomah County Health Department and Kaiser Permanente's Healthy Eating/Active Living Initiative
Clarendon at Portsmouth PhotoVoice Project Winter 2008		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		North Portland Neighborhood Services in partnership with Multnomah County Health Department and Kaiser Permanente's Healthy Eating/Active Living Initiative
Vanport Interpretive Signage Project for Heron Lakes Golf Course: Four Interpretive Signs Spring/Summer 1999		Portland Parks & Recreation with funding from Kaiser Permanente
A Richer Harvest: Toward a Regional Strategy for Portland Area Farmers' Markets Spring 2005		Portland Farmers Market
The 2006 Guide to Local Food Resources Fall 2006		Portland Farmers Market
Urban Agriculture Asset Mapping: Portland Region Fall/Winter 2005		Steve Johnson
2004 Metro Area Arts Atlas Fall/Winter 2004		Regional Arts & Culture Council
Montavilla Asset Mapping Spring 2006		Southeast Uplift