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RCPL Faculty Publish Article on Nonprofits and Neighborhood Planning Processes 

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RCPL Faculty Publish Article on Nonprofits and Neighborhood Planning Processes 

Dr. C. Aujean Lee, an assistant professor of Regional and City Planning, and Dr. John C. Harris, the Director of the Regional and City Planning program, recently had their article published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research. This peer-reviewed academic journal is the official journal of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and is the leading forum for planning educators and scholars to share their research.  

The article, "Outsourcing Neighborhood Planning Processes? A Case Study of a Nonprofit in the City of Oklahoma City," examines how the City of Oklahoma City contracts out neighborhood planning processes to a local nonprofit organization. Using interviews, Lee and Harris examined the benefits and consequences of this contracting relationship on participatory processes. The findings reveal that the nonprofit enhances resident engagement but faces constraints on these interactions due to contract benchmarks.

Read the full article.


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