Amherst Business Park Development Ideas - University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point

The Natural Resources Planning program at UWSP has a final course called a capstone. This course provides students with an opportunity to develop a planning project that addresses the needs of a “real-world” client. The client and professor work to identify a community, environmental, or natural resource planning problem that they would like students to analyze. Through these partnerships, students develop their skills and professional portfolios by exploring a planning problem in a controlled classroom setting. In addition, students provide a valuable service to the community by assisting the client organization.

Site Analysis

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The Spring 2022 capstone experience focused on developing ideas for the Amherst Business Park. Students were divided into five teams and tasked with conducting a First Impressions survey of the community, a visioning session to gather community input, and a final open house to share potential development ideas. Each team performed a site analysis, developed goals for the business park, gathered precedent research from peer communities, and developed a conceptual master plan.