The broad range of issues communities face can be matched with the similarly broad range of expertise and focus of SCYP. The following list captures many of the typical project areas that past communities have focused on, though new ideas and opportunities emerge each year.Many projects involve community site visits and all projects yield a synthesized, professional report that becomes a decision-making deliverable for our community partner (and a great workforce development project for the student report writers). The past final reports are available on the Past SCYP Partnerships page.

Planning
- Public Transit
- Bicycle Transportation and Sustainable Transportation
- Wayfinding (with digital arts)
- Parks and Open Space Planning
- Downtown Revitalization
- Housing Opportunities
- Land Use and Growth Management
- Planning for New Mobility
Business
- Workforce and Industry Analysis
- Economic Development
- Urban Renewal
- Strategic Planning
- Industrial Ecology
Design (Architecture, Landscape Architecture, etc.)
- Retrofits
- Civic Design
- Ecological Corridor Design
- Product Design
- Historic Preservation
- Passive Heating

Community Engagement
- Public Relations Campaigns
- Engagement with Marginalized Communities
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Community Advisory Council
Geography
- Remote Sensing and Mapping
- GIS Analysis
- Community Asset Mapping
Public Policy and Management
- Budget Analysis
- Policy Analysis
- Nonprofit Consulting
- Housing Needs Analysis
- Municipal Finance
- Land Use and Growth Management
- Parking Policy
Law
- Legal Analysis
- Local Codes for Sustainability