15 – Life on Land – Worcester Community Project Center

December 13, 2022December 14, 2022 by mveccia

Trail Blazing the Worcester Intercollegiate Outdoor Initiative

Project Description Worcester college students do not spend enough time outside due to their workload and limited access to nature. This project improved the well-being of Worcester college students by creating a sustainable plan to revamp the Worcester Intercollegiate Outdoors Initiative (WIOI). We gathered data on college students through surveys and interviews, ran an outdoor…

May 20, 2022June 30, 2022 by cogbebor

Improving Water Quality of Green Hill Park Ponds and Investigating the Feasibility of an Irrigation System Using Pond Water

Project Description Water pollution in surface water is attributed to stormwater runoff, introducing nutrients and sediment into water bodies. This project researched the historical and current conditions impacting the Green Hill Park Ponds, as well as researched the feasibility of using Pond water to irrigate the adjacent golf course. Samples of the water from both…

May 7, 2019August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

Assessment of Space Utilization Plan for CENTRO

Project Sponsor: CENTRO Worcester CENTRO is the largest minority-led, community-based, multiservice, multicultural, multilingual, non-profit organization in Central Massachusetts. Formerly known as Centro Las Americas their mission is to help both individuals and families become self-sufficient through their various community programs. Abstract CENTRO is a fast growing, non-profit organization planning to hire more employees than their…

November 28, 2018August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

Habitat for Humanity: Cultural Assessment of Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester ReStores

Project Sponsor: Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/ Greater Worcester Numerous organizations, focusing on the amelioration of poverty, have sprung into existence around the world. Habitat for Humanity is a global Christian nonprofit housing organization founded in 1976, Americus, Georgia. The founders, Millard and Linda Fuller, developed the concept of “partnership housing.” They operate in approximately 70…

April 30, 2018August 4, 2021 by Laura Roberts

Abby’s House: An Effective Waste Management Plan for Abby’s House

The goal of this project was to implement an effective waste management system for Abby’s House that included recycling, was cost effective, and promoted personal responsibility and independence among the residents. To manifest these goals our group held in person interviews with staff and residents, met with waste haulers and analyzed their services and costs…

October 27, 2017August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

The Elm Park Conservancy

Welcome to our page! For our Interactive Qualifying Project(IQP) we worked with the Park Spirit of Worcester in order to develop a sustainable framework that established a funding mechanism, management team, and volunteer engagement plan through the development of the Elm Park Conservancy. Project Description For our Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP), we worked closely with the Park Spirit…

March 16, 2017August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

Revealing Worcester’s Hidden Gem: Promoting the East-West Trail

Welcome to the Revealing Worcester’s Hidden Gem Team page! From January to May of 2017 we worked in collaboration with the Park Spirit of Worcester to assess the community’s present awareness of The East-West Trail, Worcester’s first urban hiking trail, spanning 14 miles across 20 unique green spaces. Project Sponsor The Park Spirit of Worcester Inc.…

December 16, 2015August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

Mass Audubon: Broad Meadow Brook Trail Development

During our Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP), in collaboration with Mass Audubon, we worked to identify, map and blaze a nature trail from the Broad Meadow Brook Wildlife Sanctuary to the new Blackstone Valley Visitor Center. By creating a physical connection between these two locations, residents of the Worcester area will be able to experience nature in…

March 23, 2015August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

Habitat for Humanity ReStore: Improving Environmental Conditions

Welcome to our page! During our interactive qualifying project we worked in collaboration with Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester Area ReStore to identify solutions to the environmental issues within their facility. Our project team provided solutions to Habitat for Humanity to reduce the temperature in the warehouse during the summer. Project Sponsor: Habitat for Humanity Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit…

February 22, 2013August 5, 2021 by Laura Roberts

WPI Think Outside the Bottle Campaign

The IQP or Interactive Qualifying Project is a requirement for all Worcester Polytechnic Institute students. This requirement must be fulfilled in order to graduate. We are all student researchers, all in our Junior year at WPI and were selected to participate in the Worcester Community Project Center. A requirement to participate in the off-campus IQP…