Education Projects
Shippensburg University Foundation
As a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, Shippensburg University receives annual appropriations from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to support its operating costs. Such funding support, however, has been decreasing and today Commonwealth funds comprise only 40 percent of the University's operating costs. Because of this situation, support from private sources has become essential.
Community College Feasibility Study
Chronic unemployment and underemployment in the four counties of the Tuscarora River Valley is further complicated by a lack of readily available, accessible, and affordable post-high school education and job training. There is a direct correlation between the education and training of the indigenous workforce and the economic health and family-sustaining opportunities of this region. Recognizing the challenge, the Tuscarora River Valley Community College Steering Committee, consisting of local community leaders and stakeholders, tasked Delta Development Group to conduct a comprehensive needs assessment and develop a strategic planning process that addresses this educational/job training gap in a cost-effective, time-sensitive manner.
Messiah College Master Planning Services
With the 2005 inauguration of Kim S. Phipps, PhD, Messiah College renewed its focus on planning for future population growth and institutional capacity. In that vein, the College retained a team of master planning consultants Delta Development Group, Edward D. Stone & Associates (EDSA), Gannett Fleming, and Murray Associates - to provide a strategy for the future development of the College's campus and adjacent parcels. The initial goal was to provide a comprehensive set of guidelines governing land utilization, campus utilities, transportation access (pedestrian and automobile), parking, and student housing.
Harrisburg Area Community College Disaster Resistant University Program
As Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC)–Central Pennsylvania’s Community College–began the effort to update its emergency management program, the college first needed to determine its program’s baseline for comparison with standards and regulations regarding emergency management programs.