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Last week, urban and regional planning assistant professors Dawn Jourdan and Joseli Macedo each received a Graham Center for Public Service Case Study Grant to support their summer research projects.

Jourdan will be advising Kathryn Hurd, a joint degree student in law and urban planning, in analyzing Palm Beach County’s decision-making process involving the location of the Scripps Biomedical Research Institute in Jupiter. To read up on this how the process played out, check out the archives on The Palm Beach Post’s special Scripps news page.  

Specifically, the case study will chronicle efforts of environmental groups – such as 1000 Friends of Florida, Florida Wildlife Federation, Jupiter Farms Environmental Council, Loxahatchee River Coalition, Audubon Society of the Everglades, Maria Wise-Miller, and Environmental and Land Use Law Center – to encourage the county commission to locate the facility outside of any environmentally sensitive areas.

Macedo’s research takes her to Brazil, where she will use her grant to research housing tenure issues in the country’s informal settlements.

Both case studies will be completed by October and archived in the Graham Center’s online academic library. Can’t wait to see their results!