The University is creating a community on 5,000 acres in its UMore Park property in Dakota County. Several CDes faculty members are involved with the project's six academic task forces:

• Marilyn Bruin (DHA) -- Environment
• John Carmody (CSBR) -- Energy
• Louise Goldberg (CSBR) -- Energy
• Kathleen Harder (CTS) -- Transportation
• Lance Neckar (Landscape Architecture) -- Transportation
• Bob Sykes (Landscape Architecture) -- Transportation
• Dewey Thorbeck (CRD) -- Environment

Six public listening sessions are scheduled for September in the Rosemount area as part of the academic mission task force process. Details are available at the UMore Park Web site.