City of Chandler
City of Chandler
2023 – 2024
Chandler, Arizona, located in southeast Maricopa County, is a dynamic city known for its booming economy, diverse culture, and strong sense of community. With a thriving tech industry, expansive parks and recreational facilities, and a range of cultural events, Chandler offers residents and visitors alike a high quality of life and abundant opportunities for work and play.
The City focuses its sustainability efforts on five priority areas, including energy consumption, urban land use, renewable energy, sustainable fleet, and water consumption. Through innovation and stewardship, Chandler seeks to meet the needs of current and future generations.
Chandler projects
Recreation planning
Taught by Chris Boone, sustainability students collected park usage data across different types of public parks throughout the City of Chandler using the SOPARC framework.
Exploring & Analyzing Equitable Park Access
Chandler in the news
A day in the park
ASU News,
September 21, 2023
ASU, Chandler partnership brings sustainability to local parks, real-world experience to students.
Chandler partners with ASU to launch sustainability-focused Project Cities Program
KTAR,
August 25, 2023
The Project Cities Program will connect ASU students and faculty with community partners who are facing sustainability-related challenges, the city said in a press release.
ASU Project Cities program, Chandler partner on city parks research
KJZZ,
August 28, 2023
John Sefton with the city of Chandler says the initial project will be researching how community members use their parks.
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