All reports are available on the Resilient Communities Project website.

County receives national award for RCP Carver County received a national award from the Educational Partnership for Innovation in Communities (EPIC) Network at the Fifth Annual Sustainable City Conference in San Diego on March 13-16, 2016 for its role in the Resilient Communities Project.

Partnership Description:

For the 2015–2016 academic year, the University of Minnesota's Resilient Communities Project will collaborate with Carver County and its partners on 32 projects that will engage dozens of courses at the University of Minnesota and provide hands-on, applied research opportunities to hundreds of graduate, professional, and upper-division undergraduate students.

Projects have been identified by the County and its partners, and will be led by staff. Carver County, City of Chaska, City of Victoria, City of Watertown, Carver County CDA, Eastern Carver County School District, and SouthWest Transit will all lead projects in this community collaboration.

Click on the partner logo to view project information, and access reports:

Press Releases & News

• Chaska Herald (June 16, 2016): Secrets on the farm 
• Chaska Herald (June 3, 2016): Archaeology at the Andrew Peterson Farm [Images]
• Star Tribune (May 18, 2016): U students present findings of Carver County Project
• Sun Patriot (May 6, 2016): County accepts award for Resilient Communities Project
• Carver County  Press Release (March 28, 2016): County receives national award for Resilient Communities Project
• Chaska Herald (January 7, 2016): Harvesting history: Plans take shape for famed farm
• MPR News with Tom Weber (January 5, 2016):  Podcast: What climate change goals set in Paris mean for Minnesota (go to 31:45)
• Star Tribune (October 11, 2015): Waconia farm's history is focus of U project
• Minnesota Daily (September 22, 2015):  Students help county with projects 
• Chanhassen Villager (September 18, 2015): Program pairs U of M with local initiatives 
• Sun Patriot (September 17, 2015):  Resilient Communities Project kicks off
• Star Tribune (September 13, 2015):  Univ. of Minn. Program partners up to help solve west-metro communities’ problems 
• CURA Reporter (July, 2015):  RCP Selects Carver County as Next Community Partner
• Sun Patriot (March 27, 2015):  Watertown selected for U of M project
• Star Tribune (March 24, 2015):  West metro town briefs: U program, Carver County to team up on sustainability
• County, University Joint Press Release (March, 2015):  U of M Resilient Communities Project partners with Carver County to advance community sustainability 

   

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