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Abstract

Through collaborations with the City of Terre Haute, the following community issue was identified: Resiliency Education (RE-1) Smart parks - Sign designs, Web page design, a community survey to determine park attendance, ideas for ways to track park attendance, recommendations for improvements in high-risk parks, Finding and/or helping with grant applications. To address the identified community issue, students enrolled in Comm495 Senior Capstone partnered with the City of Terre Haute to provide possible solutions. The students in this class conducted research to identify areas of opportunity relevant to the city of Terre Haute to produce their suggestions. The students formed three groups and visited selected city parks to collect observational data. The data is integrated with information from other cities featuring smart parks in this report. Based on their findings, students developed three unique plans highlighting traffic patterns at the observed parks. Additionally, they designed social media content and website layouts to support their proposals. Throughout the project, students applied the knowledge and skills acquired in previous courses to the experiential learning project. Dr. Natasha Rascon oversaw the student work and provided guidance and feedback throughout the semester which led to the following course deliverables. This is the final written report on Smart parks, Social Media Mock posts, and mock website layouts.

Publication Date

Fall 12-1-2025

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