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The Millworks Project: Building a future through community participation

Project tags:

community engagement & outreach

Project poster

The Millworks is a Food Campus and Affordable Housing development on the Bellingham waterfront. Community Engagement is needed to gain community support and investment to make the project more viable. Part of the challenge is how to solve this problem during the COVID-19 pandemic when a social gathering is not recommended. Our research led to an online platform where we can engage with the community. We hope to allow the user to make a difference in getting their community voices heard through submitting ideas, taking surveys, and joining online events. This can create a lasting impact on the community.

Project participants:

Will Song

Informatics

Eric Gabrielson

Informatics

Jisu Kim

Informatics

Tyson Thoi

Informatics