Ahronian, David MAshton, Kelly RBassett, Erin GCohen, Maxwell ACzulak, Victor JDunbar, Gregory SFarragher, Brendan TGorman, Jonathan LGuy II, Peter LIles, Timothy JInthasorn, PiyawutJohnson, Travis AKoch, JonathanKronewitter, Justin JLivingston, Zachary BMorano, MatthewMulvehill, BrianMurphy, Kevin CO'Connell, Sean PStephens Jr., Peter WTourigny, ChristopherWhite, Bryce PYoung, Timothy E2024-04-262024-04-262009-10-01https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/31972Professors: Frank Sleegers and John Taylor Teaching Assistant: Brian C. GiggeyThis work explores a service learning strategy in the context of the senior Urban Design Studio taught in the Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The primary goal of this project is to stimulate a conversation in the neighborhoods of the North End, to develop green design strategies, to improve services and businesses for residents and the employees of local businesses, and to foster cultural engagement and interaction in the North End that will enhance the vibrancy, resilience, and quality of life of this urban community. Making connections - Envisioning Springfield's North End proposes improved connectivity in a physical, cultural, and social sense will be key to attaining these goals and to engaging and synergizing individuals and community groups in the North End - residents, businesses, schools, churches, employers, and employees. Six sustainable learning and planning principles have emerged from this studio: 1. Input and interaction – Visioning workshops connect campus and community 2. Community-building art - Expression of place and people 3. Healthy living - Urban agriculture and education 4. Urban greenways – Abandoned railways and urban rivers and streams 5. Green infrastructure - Green streets as networks and structural framework 6. Sustainable urban form – Mixed use and pedestrian friendly neighborhoodsUrban DesignLandscape ArchitectureCommunity Service LearningGreenwayOpen Space SystemGreen InfrastructureSustainabilitySpringfieldDesign StudioArchitectureLandscape ArchitectureUrban, Community and Regional Planningarticle