The College of the Rockies and the City of Cranbrook are moving forward with a joint program where students will work on city projects.
The initiative is a partnership with CityStudio who acts as the link between the city and school.
“This is an exciting step forward for the College-City partnership,” said COTR president and CEO Paul Vogt.
“This project brings together City staff, students, faculty, and the broader community to
collaboratively develop innovative projects and help make Cranbrook more sustainable, equitable, livable, and inclusive. I am incredibly proud of the valuable contributions our students will bring to shaping and strengthening our community.”
The city benefits by having students complete work that would normally be contracted out, while students will get experience.
“It is great see the City and COTR continue to grow our relationship for the betterment of Cranbrook,” said Mayor Wayne Price.
“We look forward to seeing the innovation and creativity, using the CityStudio framework, that COTR students will bring to the community.”
The college and the city will be meeting twice a year to identify and develop project ideas and college faculty will then match projects with courses.
Students will work with city staff to co-create pilot projects and final projects will be launched by students as experiments in the community.
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