From our community partners:
"We enjoyed the students' enthusiasm and commitment to the project and also having a new set of eyes looking at our problem. The biggest benefits of working with Stanford' Sustainable Cities were the useful information the GIS maps offered the clinic leadership. The biggest benefits of working with Sustainable Cities were the useful information the GIS maps offered the clinic leadership. They helped us see what the spread of the patients was by highlighting the walking and driving routes. The focus groups with the various clinic employees and literature reviews helped guide the solutions for the unsafe street concerns and the parking lot suggestions. I absolutely would recommend the partnership to other organizations. The program can be very beneficial!"
- Priscilla Padilla Romero, MPH, MPP, Study Coordinator for Fair Oaks Clinic-Vivamos Activos Study, A part of San Mateo Medical Center and Stanford University Collaborative
"This is our 4th or 5th year working with the students and every year has produced great results. Recommendations from students on how to implement safe routes to schools were amazing. Stanford tudents did fact-finding, research, and involved some of the [school] students, empowering them to feel like they could be part of an answer. Stanford students provided very specific recommendations to improve the situation, and if implemented, the school would have made significant inroads. The most beneficial facet of the project was the regular check in point, which allowed me to know where the Stanford students were at in their project, and answer questions. Stanford students used analytical tools that we would not have otherwise used. We asked the students at their presentation what they didn't expect: the students were surprised that adults (parents) did not use social media. It was a maturing aha moment for the students. Everybody learned."
- Nadine Levin, Consultant for Redwood City 2020
- Priscilla Padilla Romero, MPH, MPP, Study Coordinator for Fair Oaks Clinic-Vivamos Activos Study, A part of San Mateo Medical Center and Stanford University Collaborative
"This is our 4th or 5th year working with the students and every year has produced great results. Recommendations from students on how to implement safe routes to schools were amazing. Stanford tudents did fact-finding, research, and involved some of the [school] students, empowering them to feel like they could be part of an answer. Stanford students provided very specific recommendations to improve the situation, and if implemented, the school would have made significant inroads. The most beneficial facet of the project was the regular check in point, which allowed me to know where the Stanford students were at in their project, and answer questions. Stanford students used analytical tools that we would not have otherwise used. We asked the students at their presentation what they didn't expect: the students were surprised that adults (parents) did not use social media. It was a maturing aha moment for the students. Everybody learned."
- Nadine Levin, Consultant for Redwood City 2020