News and Events
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Fall DURP Newsletter Now Online
Panama Studio Group Continues to Impress
PROPOSAL FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT SURGES FROM FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY
A different option for Boca la Caja
A group of students from United States designed an urban project that seeks to stop tall buildings in Boca la Caja
José Arcia
jarcia@prensa.com
Last Friday September 11, in Tallahassee, Florida, United States, a group of college students talked about Boca la Caja, a humble Panamanian neighborhood located in the San Francisco District, one of the ones that has experienced a stronger real estate boom in
the country in the last six years.
Alumnus Matthew Dyrdahl (MSP 2007) Making a Difference with Headwaters Regional Development Commission
Matthew Dyrdahl, physical planner with Headwaters Regional Development Commission and 2007 MSP graduate, recently promoted the completed plan for Active Living in the Bemidji, Minnesota Area. Below is the text of the article detailing the event as it appeared in the September 17 edition of the Bemidji Pioneer:
Get out your walking shoes and bicycles.
The Headwaters Regional Development Commission presented the completed plan for Active Living in the Bemidji Area at an open house Wednesday night at the Hampton Inn & Suites.
Annual DURP Fall Reception: Friday, Sept 25th
All DURP students, faculty, and staff – A friendly reminder that the annual DURP Fall Reception is this Friday, September 25, 2009, at the Brokaw-McDougall House at 329 N. Meridian Street in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the Capital Area Section of the Florida Chapter of the American Planning Association.

