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The capstone course provides students with an opportunity to integrate and apply the main tenants of the REI program, which are: data, decisions, and community. Each year the program partners with a particular city, and obtains data on a critical community infrastructure project that needs repositioning and revitalization. Students are tasked to produce a market feasibility report (along with a financial proforma) that will help the city’s stakeholders decide whether to pursue the project or not. Students will also dissect and analyze the city’s negotiated development review and permitting process to understand what it takes to earn community and political support. Learning outcomes: • Demonstrate an understanding of the zoning, other regulatory processes, and requirements applicable to the site – i.e., the entitlements process • Demonstrate an understanding of the interplay between the financial constraints and financing mechanisms that would be applicable to any critical infrastructure project • Demonstrate an understanding of the design and construction processes and their impact on development and financing decisions • Describe the role that social justice goals play in critical community infrastructure investment analysis