The Center for Sustainable Community Development completed the following projects. Please note, this Center is no longer active.
Title:Â Sustainable Development Research Opportunities Program (SDROP)
UMD Partners:Â Mike Mageau, Okey Ukaga, Olaf Kulke
Community Partners:Â see website for list
Student Partners:Â see website for list
Summary:Â Project aimed at putting students to work on a wide variety of regional sustainable development projects
Timeline: 2010 – ongoing
Funders:
U of MN’s NE Region Sustainable Development Partnership – 7.5K
UMD’s CLA – 7.5K
U of MN’s Center for Urban and Regional Affairs – 2K
Title:Â Development of an Integrated Fish, Plant and Algal Production System
UMD Partners:Â Mike Mageau, Andy Klemer, Baylor Radke, Dave Abazs
Community Partners: Lana Fralich, Bruce Carmen, Wade LeBlanc, Harley Tofte and Frank Zupanovich
Student Partners:Â Kevin Pexa, Dan Sletten
Summary:Â Project aimed at developing an integrated fish, algal and plant production system for the city of Silver Bay, MN.
Timeline:Â 2009 - ongoing
Funders: U of MN’s NE Region Sustainable Development Partnership – 5K
MN office of Environmental Assistance – 40K
Iron Range Resources – 320K
MN State Legislature – 295K
MN Dept. of Employment and Economic Development – 590K
Title:Â Sustainable Agriculture Project @ UMD
UMD Faculty Partners:Â Randel Hanson, Cindy Hale, Pat Farrell, Stacey Stark, David SyringÂ
UMD Student Partners:Â Justin Gramenz, Linea Smith, Kelly Bray, Abigal DeVita, Thomas Deschenes, Kevin Moris, Tim Isakson, Chris Hinnenkamp, & several others
Community Partners:Â Doug Hoffbauer, Hobbs Quast, John Fischer Merritt, UMD Dining Services, Duluth Grill, Mt. Royale Fine Foods, Lake Superior Sustainable Farming Association
Summary:Â Project revolves around partnering with UMD Dining Services to integrate locally harvested produce into UMD food system; provide experiential education around food, farming and gardening to UMD students; and demonstrate other marketing and related activities associated with local foods
Timeline:Â 2009 - ongoing
Funders:
Lloyd K. Johnson Foundation - 10KÂ
Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation - 10K
U of MN’s NE Region Sustainable Development Partnership – 6K
UMD Vice Chancellor of Operations and Finance - 20KÂ
Science Technology Engineering Math Education (STEM)/MN Compact - 5K
Past:
Title: The Potential for Wind Funneling in Silver Bay’s Eco-Industrial Park
UMD Partners:Â Mike Mageau
Community Partners:Â Lana Fralich, Bruce Carmen, Wade LeBlanc
Student Partners:Â Baylor Radtke
Summary:Â Project aimed at investigating the potential of using buildings to funnel wind in a way that increases average wind speeds
Timeline: April – October, 2010
Funders: U of MN’s NE Region Sustainable Development Partnership – 5K
Title: Economic Feasibility of a Renewable Energy Powered Eco-industrial Development in Silver Bay, MN. Â
UMD Partners:Â Mike Mageau, Stacey Stark, Steve Graham, Jim Skurla, Jean Jacobsen, Andy Klemer
UMD Students:Â Cassy Olson, Luke Selness, Baylor Radke, Jon Morales
Community Partners:Â Lana Fralic, Bruce Carmen, Wade LeBlanc
Summary: Project aimed at determining the economic feasibility of powering Silver Bay’s Eco-industrial Business Park with some combination of locally generated renewable energy including wind, solar, biomass and biodiesel from algae.
Timeline: June ’09 – Dec ‘10
Funders: Minnesota’s Pollution Control Agency (40K), Minnesota’s IRR (15K)
Title: Locally Adapted Food System Assessment Â
UMD Partners:Â Stacey Stark, Steve Graham, Jim Skurla, Jean Jacobsen, Mike Mageau, David Syring
UMD Students:Jon Meiners, Brandon Keinath, Sam Follis, Kelsey Gronberg
Community Partners:Â David Abaz (co-PI), Gayle Nikolai
Summary:Â This project will describe the agricultural landscape of a fifteen county area in Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin, including its capacity to provide food for the regional population. The University expertise in this proposal includes ethnographic interviewing, geographic information systems data development and analysis, and community economic analysis. The outcomes of this work will provide a research-based assessment of the current food system; including community supported agriculture, livestock producers, wild food harvesters and commercial growers.
Timeline: June ’09 – Dec ‘10
Funders:U of MN’s Healthy Foods, Healthy Lives Institute (34K)
Title: Wind Development Feasibility in Grand Marais, MN. Â
UMD Partners:Â Mike Mageau, Jim Skurla, Jean Jacobsen
UMD Students:Â Cassy Olson, Luke Selness, Baylor Radke, Jon Morales
Community Partners:Â Jim Boyd, George Wilkes, Lonnie Dupree
Summary:Â Project aimed at monitoring and determining the economic feasibility of a community-owned wind development in Grand Marais, MN.Â
Timeline: April ’09 – Dec ‘10
Funders: U of MN’s NMSDP (10K)
Title: Wind Development Feasibility in Silver Bay, MN. Â
UMD Partners:Â Mike Mageau
UMD Students:Â Cassy Olson, Luke Selness, Baylor Radke, Jon Morales
Community Partners:Â Lana Fralic, Bruce Carmen, Wade LeBlanc
Summary:Â Project aimed at monitoring and determining the economic feasibility of community-owned wind development in Silver Bay, MN.Â
Timeline: Dec ’08 – Dec ‘09
Funders: UMD’s CCRR (4.5K)
Title:Â St. Louis County School District Transportation StudyÂ
UMD Partners:Â Stacy Stark, Steve Graham, Mike Mageau
UMD Students:Â
Community Partners:Â Jon Powers, Randy Anderson, Jeff Schiltz, Kim Johnson,Â
Summary: Project aimed at developing a GIS Modeling tool for analyzing St. Louis County School District’s busing routes. We are interested in maximizing transportation cost savings, and minimizing the time children spend on the school bus given a wide variety of school configurations within this large district. Â
Timeline: Sept ’08 – Dec ‘09
Funders: U of MN’s NMSDP (11 K).
Title: Commercial Scale Wind Development in NE MN. Â
UMD Partners:Â Mike Mageau
UMD Students:Â Brody Sunderland, Cassy Olson, Luke Selness, Baylor Radke, Jon Morales
Community Partners:Â John Morrin, Dave Danz
Summary:Â Project aimed at determining the potential for a large-scale (>50MW) wind development project in NE MN.Â
Timeline: May ’08 – Dec ‘09
Funders:Â Citizens Energy (15K)
Title:Â Wind Analysis for Hill City, MN
UMD Partners:Â Mike Mageau
UMD Students:Â Brody Sunderland, Cassy Olson, Luke Selness, Baylor Radke, Jon Morales
Community Partners:Â Jack Burke and Ellie Hill
Summary:Â Project aimed at teaching a Hill City High School Science Class how to monitor their wind resource, and estimate the economic feasibility of installing a wind turbine on their high school campus, or on Quadna Mountain for community ownership.
Timeline: April ’08 – Oct ‘09
Funders:Â NE CERTS (2.6K)
Title: Wind Resource Development in the Minnesota Coastal Zone Â
UMD Partners:Â Mike Mageau, Stacey Stark, Steve Graham, Jim Skurla, Jean Jacobsen
UMD Students:Â Janelle Stauff, Nicole Hynum, Anna Carlson, Melissa Wenker, Nick Entinger, Nick Salo, Brody Sunderland
Community Partners:Â Karla Sundberg, Dan Green, Bruce Carmen, Lana Fralich, Wade LeBlanc, Jim Boyd, George Wilkes, Stuart Oberg, Dave Danz, John Morin
Summary:Â Project aimed at monitoring the wind at 8 sites along the North Shore of Lake Superior from Duluth to Grand Portage, using the data to develop a high resolution wind resource map of the region, and working with several communities interested in developing their wind resource.
Timeline: Jan ’07 – Oct ‘08
Funders: MN DNR Coastal Zone Program (29K), NE CERTS (5K), U of MN’s NMSDP (10K) UMD’s CLA (12K)
Title: Wind Turbine at Park Rapids High School. Â
UMD Partners:Â Mike Mageau
UMD Students:Â Janelle Stauff, Nicole Hynum, Anna Carlson, Melissa Wenker
Community Partners:Â Suzanne Santone, Shaun Anderson, Park Rapids School Board Members, Local Contractor and Wind Turbine Installer, Joe Straley.
Summary:Â Project aimed at monitoring, economic feasibility, fundraising and installing a 10 kw wind turbine on the Park Rapids High School Campus for energy production and educational opportunities.
Timeline: April ’06 – Dec ‘07
Funders: MN Power (20K), U of MN’s WCSDP (10K), WC CERTS (5K), Braitmayer Foundation (10K), Park Rapids School District (35K), Community Donations (5K)
Title: Wind Turbine at Proctor High School. Â
UMD Partners:Â Mike Mageau, Okey Ukaga
UMD Students:Â Janelle Stauff, Nicole Hynum, Anna Carlson, Jason Sydeko
Community Partners:Â Diane Rothenschilde, Jack Johnson, Darek Parendo, Joe Straley.
Summary:Â Project aimed at wind resource monitoring, economic feasibility, fundraising and installing a 10 kw wind turbine on the Proctor High School Campus for energy production and educational opportunities.
Timeline: March ’05 – June ‘07
Funders: MN Power (20K), U of MN’s NMSDP (10K), Independent School District #107 (50K)
Title:Â White Earth, Leech Lake and Grand Portage Wind Development:Â Exploring Potential and Building Capacity
UMD Partners:Â Mike Mageau, Okey Ukaga
Student Partners:Â Janelle Stauff, Nicole Hynum, Anna Carlson, Tom Albright
Community Partners:Â Winona LaDuke, John Morin, Mike Triplett
Summary:Â Project aimed at exploring the potential for wind development on each of the three reservations, and building the local capacity for the implementation of such a wind development project.
Timeline:Â 2003-2005
Funders: MN DOE (187K), UMD’s CCRR (5K)Â