| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 66.49 |
| Liaison | Ezra Small |
| Submission Date | July 29, 2011 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
University of Massachusetts Amherst
PAE-3: Physical Campus Plan
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
4.00 / 4.00 |
Elena
Sharnoff Director of Communications, CNS College of Natural Sciences |
Does the institution's physical campus plan include sustainability at a high level?:
A brief description of how the physical campus plan or amendment includes sustainability:
This new Framework Plan will be a campus master plan that will serve as a guide for sustainable future development. The plan will document a clear vision and identity for the campus, with planning principles, goals and recommendations to guide all future growth. The planning process is expected to be an intensive twelve -month process that will intimately engage University leadership, the campus community and many other interested stakeholders. The area of study includes over 1,400 acres on the main campus, as well as the 150-acre Hadley Farm, the thirty-two-acre North Village Residential Area, and the ninety-four-acre Tillson Farm.
Key Issues:
Address the programmatic needs of the University
Provide up-to-date facilities
Integrate a large campus with overlapping neighborhoods
Strengthen campus open spaces
Improve campus connections
Create a compact and sustainable campus
The year the physical campus plan was developed or adopted:
The website URL where the physical campus plan is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Dennis Swindburn, Director of Campus Planning
Dennis Swindburn, Director of Campus Planning
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