Oregon State University
EN-13: Community Stakeholder Engagement

In an effort to enhance the livability of the Corvallis community and minimize the impacts of growth associated with Oregon State University, the City of Corvallis and Oregon State launched and are implementing elements of Collaboration Corvallis, which utilizes an extensive public planning and citizen involvement process. Engagement today continues with a new collaborative MOU between the City and university. OSU also hired a community relations director who regularly interfaces with various community groups.

Starting in 2012, the Collaboration utilized three citizen work groups to evaluate current matters and concerns associated with traffic and parking; planning and housing; and livability in neighborhoods close to campus. A joint steering committee made up of City and OSU representatives oversees the overall Collaboration project, as well as the three work groups. The work groups engaged with community and campus stakeholders – as well as planning, housing and traffic experts – to evaluate and recommend potential solutions and new strategies to the Corvallis City Council and the leadership of Oregon State University. Priority topics to be addressed include: neighborhood parking code enforcement, including noise and trash infill design rental housing codes traffic mitigation housing density in OSU neighborhoods On an ongoing basis, the OSU Office of Equity and Inclusion offers community engagement through the following Programs and Initiatives: Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration PROMISE: Professional and Managerial Internships in State Employment Intergroup Dialogue Women's Advancement and Gender Equity (WAGE) The above programs are a very small sampling of programming offered to engage underrepresented groups. For more information, visit http://oregonstate.edu/oei/community-engagement and check out the resources page at http://oregonstate.edu/oei/partners-and-resources.

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Since Collaboration Corvallis was formed in 2012, hundreds of community meetings have taken place and plans have been enacted that will reduce noise, trash and behavior issues in neighborhoods; reduce traffic congestion around and on campus; increase parking availability in surrounding neighborhoods; and change city land development code to improve new development compatibility with existing development. More at http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/collaboration/documents/