College - Author 1
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
Department - Author 1
City and Regional Planning Department
Degree Name - Author 1
BS in City and Regional Planning
Date
3-2025
Primary Advisor
Dave Amos, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, City and Regional Planning Department
Abstract/Summary
Student Planners, City Futures, is a documentary following Professor Dave Amos and 22 students as they prepare a draft of Grover Beach’s General Plan Circulation Element update. Students in their final year in Cal Poly’s City & Regional Planning program take CRP410 – Community Planning Lab I and CRP 411 – Community Planning Lab II during fall and winter quarter as their capstone planning studio. Each studio completes a different project each year. For the 2024-2025 school year, Professor Amos’s section was tasked with completing a General Plan Circulation Element update for the City of Grover Beach. The film follows the studio students through all the phases of the planning process: existing conditions, visioning, goal development, policy development, and community outreach. Through these efforts, students gain a better understanding of the Grover Beach community and their vision for the future of transportation in their city. Students navigate the struggles of planning including interactions with the public, conflicting ideas, lack of engagement, and the trials and tribulation of policy writing. There is much fun to be had, as well. This includes painting buses, designing posters, and handing out Halloween candy. In the end, students reflect on what they’ve learned from the process and their time in CRP as they get ready for their next steps.
URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/crpsp/292
