Program Overview

The efforts of the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant and Purdue University Extension Sustainable Communities Extension Program support community planning and sustainable development strategies in communities across Indiana and Great Lakes states.

Multidisciplinary teams offer programs in the following focus areas:

  • Placemaking and enhancing public spaces
  • Land use
  • Green infrastructure
  • Community development
  • Facilitation and strategic planning
  • Public planning official training

To learn more about education and technical resources available for local community planning efforts, visit the appropriate program area pages below.


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Contact Us

Kara Salazar
Assistant Program Leader for Community Development and Sustainable Communities Extension Specialist

765.496.1070
195 Marsteller St., West Lafayette, IN 47907-2033
salazark@purdue.edu

 

Daniel E. Walker
Community Planning Extension Specialist

765.496.3245
195 Marsteller St., West Lafayette, In 47907-2033
walke422@purdue.edu

Program Areas

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Community members brainstorming ideas.
Overhead shot of a suburb.
Aerial view of river flowing in city.
Visitors at a rain garden.
Overhead shot of a suburban neighborhood.
Row of windmills in rural area, Renewable Energy.
Sidewalk with greenery lined by cars.
Master watershed stewards testing water.