Repository: UIHistories Project: Reference Folder - 1965 [PAGE 26]

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Page 25 BUREAU OF C MUNITY FLAMING, establ hed in 193^- in College of Fine and Applied Arts, aims at improving application of advances in social sciences and design fields to professional practice of planning for development of urban areas. esearch includes improved methods of analysis and projection of demand for land use and community facilities; integration of land use planning -with location and design of highways, public utilities and other community facilities; guidance and control of use and development of private property to promote public health and safety and conform in community development. Findings are made available to community officials through publications, conferences, and direct contact by bureau staff members. Director is Joseph M. Heikoff. COUNCIL ON COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT is an all-University committee established in 1956 to provide communication among unite engaged in research and extension on community problems. Represented are colleges at Urbana-Champaign and Chicago, Division of University Extension, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, Bureau of Community Planning. The council is a clearing house for requests from communities and encourages cooperative research and coordination of extension activity. Chairman is H. G. Roepke. C: "ICE OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT -was established in i960 in the Provost's office •with funds provided for three years by Ford Foundation. Objectives are: to examine new ways in which the University might most effectively serve the state's urban areas; to experiment in training people competent in a variety of fields that touch on urban life; to give several Illinois communities direct access to the University on an experimental basis by having a staff member assigned to investigate problems of each community. Results are aimed at providing the University with a basis for judging relative merits of means through which its resources might be devoted to a continuing, organized concern with urban development. Director is J. G. Coke. SMALL HOMES COUNCIL-BUILDING RESEARCH COUNCIL established in 19kh is an informati and research agency working for betterment of housing and building. It develops and coordinates research by various units of the University; presents short courses for contractors, builders, mortgage lenders, and others; publishes research reports; and compiles a series of non-technical illustrated circulars fo home planners and home owners. Director is Rudard A. Jones.

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