Engage

Engagement with communities and stakeholders creates channels for input, informing work to help define problems and the trajectory of projects, ensuring relevant, impactful outcomes.  

  • Double-Wide Lives: realities of chasing the American dream in its mobile home parks [MHPs]

    Double-Wide Lives: realities of chasing the American dream in its mobile home parks [MHPs]

    Stakeholder/Partners: Various Manhattan, KS Mobile Home Park Residents Location: Manhattan, KS Area of Focus: Mobile Home Parks Department/Courses Involved: Regional and Community Planning Masters Thesis. PI: Dr. Susmita Rishi Graduate Student: Kylee Jennings MRCP 2024 Executive Summary: Today, the US faces an unprecedented housing crisis where in no State can…

  • Wounded Veterans Supportive Housing

    Wounded Veterans Supportive Housing

    Stakeholder/Partners: SAVE Organization Location: Keats, KS Year/Timeline: 2015-17 Area of Focus: Supportive Housing to Prevent Veteran Suicide Department/Courses Involved: IAID – Capstone Studio led by Professor Vibhavari Jani Project Funding: K-State Center for Engagement and Community Development Executive Summary: SAVE, a Manhattan-based organization, partnered with the IAID Capstone Studio at…