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Create a virtual city9/2/2023 Since Everett city planners saw potential in this area, they connected with Bilmes and her students. “Now they’re facing a larger, more complex problem of how to redevelop and reclaim this land.” “Everett has the problem of land contaminated through the operation of the current owner,” Bilmes explained. The parcel was almost sold before investors discovered the land contamination was worse than they previously thought. In 2021 it became available for sale for development. The unused 95-acre parcel is privately owned by an oil company. Using virtual reality to demonstrate the possibilities for the land was a forward-thinking approach, one that gave city planners a better understanding of how to move forward. The Everett project centered on a large, abandoned piece of property located in a lower-income part of town contaminated with residue from a fossil fuel facility. “Using virtual reality headsets took the experience one step further, allowing city planners to actually see themselves coming out of buildings, interacting with the area.”īilmes, the Daniel Patrick Moynihan Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, was reflecting on the innovative technique used by her students with Everett, Massachusetts, Mayor Carlo DeMaria and his staff in their final presentation for MLD-412: “Greater Boston Applied Field Lab: Advanced Budgeting, Financial Management and Operations.” Projects for the lab typically focus on finance-related urban challenges and are funded through the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston and the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative. “I’ve been doing urban planning studies for more than 15 years at HKS, over 100 projects,” said Linda Bilmes, speaking of the field labs that give her students the opportunity to analyze real-world issues and offer solutions. Taubman Center for State and Local Government.Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government. ![]() Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy.Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
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