CURA frequently partners with government entities on research and other one-time projects. Here are programs where that partnership is sustained and focused.
Hennepin-University Partnership
The Hennepin-University Partnership (HUP) is a strategic alignment between Minnesota’s largest primary research university and its largest county, with the goal of promoting more effective and efficient local government.
Communities across Minnesota are constantly evolving and adapting in response to their unique challenges and opportunities. The Resilient Communities Project (RCP) is a highly successful, cross-disciplinary program that builds local capacity around sustainability and resilience issues.
Amy Delahanty
Amy Delahanty most recently served as Chief of Staff for the National Center for Principled Leadership and Research Ethics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. In this role she provided overall management and coordination of NCPRE projects, processes, staff, and students.
Previously, Amy served as a public policy mediator for the National Policy Consensus Center, the State of Oregon’s center for Collaborative Governance and Public Policy Alternative Dispute Resolution. She spent much of her time devoted to supporting, managing, and facilitating cross-sector groups to collectively vision together and collaboratively work through conflict to address the most pressing issues in their communities. Amy has also served as an instructor in the Transiciones Program at Mt. Hood Community College. This program, deeply rooted in Popular Education and taught in Spanish, aims to support students pursuing their college education and career goals.
She holds a master’s degree in social work from Portland State University and a bachelor’s degree in sociology from The Ohio State University. In her off-time, Amy enjoys running, ceramics, and exploring the outdoors with her husband and daughter.
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Mike Greco
Mike Greco, AICP, is co-founder and director of the Resilient Communities Project (RCP), which provides research and technical assistance to communities in Minnesota to advance local sustainability and resilience.
Mike has a master of urban and regional planning degree from the University of Minnesota, with a specialization in environmental planning and sustainability. He also earned a master of arts degree in communication studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and completed doctoral coursework in communication studies at the University of Illinois. Before joining CURA, Mike taught communication studies at the University of Minnesota and St. Olaf College, and worked as a freelance writer, editor, and public policy researcher. He serves on the Dakota County Planning Commission, as well as local and regional advisory committees on urban planning issues and sustainability.
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