IQC Visits the Prince’s Foundation Summer School – Week 2
The Institute for Quality Communities, part of the OU College of Architecture, traveled to the United Kingdom to visit the Prince's Foundation for Building Community» to learn from their highly successful summer school program. Here IQC Executive Director Blair...
IQC Visits the Prince’s Foundation Summer School – Week 1
The Institute for Quality Communities, part of the OU College of Architecture, traveled to the United Kingdom to visit the Prince's Foundation for Building Community» to learn from their highly successful summer school program. Here IQC Executive Director Blair...
Measuring Oklahoma Main Streets
Street designs should actively enhance the ability of a main street to fulfill its economic and cultural roles within a community. Catering to fast-moving regional traffic degrades the main street experience for those who spend their time and money...
IQC Students Create Mobility Course for Disabled Children
Students in the spring IQC Community Workshop developed a new mobility course for Norman's J.D. McCarty Center. The Center is Oklahoma's premier place for care and treatment of children with special needs and developmental disabilities. One of the primary missions of...
Western Avenue Update
If you missed our meeting on April 25, here is some of the information we presented. Click the images to view them full size in a new window.
Lost Space on Western
The strips of asphalt between traffic lanes and street parking take up valuable space that could otherwise be used for trees, parking or sidewalks along Western Ave. Additionally, these buffer spaces give drivers the impression of wide, highway-like lanes and invite...
7 Western Avenue Walkability Challenges
We have spent a lot of time walking through the commercial district on Western Avenue recently. We want to highlight some of the most common walkability challenges that are hurting the pedestrian experience, window shopping, and public safety along Western Avenue...
New Pelco Products/Institute For Quality Communities Scholarship
Our great friends at Edmond's Pelco Products have generously donated to a scholarship that will be offered through the Institute for Quality Communities. The $1,500 scholarship will be called the Institute for Quality Communities Leadership Award and it supports...
Getting Started: Field Work and Community Input
Work is beginning on the Western Avenue Placemaking and land use project.
IQC Students Work in Seminole
Downtown Seminole, Oklahoma is the next stop for students in the IQC Community Workshop course, under the guidance of Professor Ron Frantz and Associate Director Hope Mander. A team of eight students is working on the project. The students represent four divisions of...
Pelco Products Helps Implement First Step in Shawnee Plan
IQC students delivered a final presentation to over 100 Shawnee citizens and community leaders on Monday evening. At the end of the presentation, the students announced that immediate progress can be made with a pedestrian wayfinding sign that has been donated to...
Reimagine Downtown Shawnee
Students in the IQC and Regional and City Planning studio have been working in downtown Shawnee to create a new downtown plan. The group of 13 students are working under the leadership of Associate Dean Charles Warnken, IQC Director Blair Humphreys, Associate Director...