Chatham grad students collaborate with Mars on downtown redevelopment
Mars residents shouldn’t be particularly surprised to see a group of Chatham University graduate students return to the borough to solicit feedback from locals in the coming weeks.
The ongoing collaboration between the borough of Mars and Chatham University continues this year. Students from classes run by professors Roy Weitzell and Darnell Moses of the Eden Hall campus of Chatham are working together with the borough to gather information for a report on downtown revitalization.
“Historically, a lot of times when projects are done in communities, for infrastructure or essential businesses, those decisions are made or were made often times without the input of the residents,” said Moses, a visiting assistant professor of equitable and sustainable communities with the Falk School of Sustainability & Environment.
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