Rubicon House

The student staff of the Rubicon House mobilizes and supports University of Dayton faculty, staff, and students, as well as area businesses, schools, and neighborhood associations. The goal is to build community and social capital, address challenging development issues, and create a neighborhood identity. The Rubicon House serves as a meeting place for the planning of a healthy, vital community and has served as a catalyst for various community initiatives and experiential learning opportunities in and around Rubicon Park. The Rubicon House is located at 1056 Brown Street and has supported strategic analyses of the business district, survey research focused on priority concerns of residents, education of school children and their families about lead paint, oral histories of long-time residents, classroom experience for future teachers, tutoring, and other service-learning opportunities. The Rubicon House continues in its mission and purpose to serve the neighborhood incorporating the values of the school within its Marianist tradition to help create and garner the spirit of community.

Officially opening its doors to the public on April 30, 2000 the Rubicon House has served as a catalyst for various community initiatives for the past three years. In the fall of 2000 alone, twenty-two professors in partnership with dozens of community members led nineteen courses and 259 students through experiential learning opportunities in Rubicon Park. Their collaboration resulted in a strategic analysis of the business district; survey research focused on priority concerns of residents; education of school children and their families about lead paint; a record of oral histories from long-time residents; classroom experience for future teachers; tutoring; a strategic analysis of tourism prospects in Rubicon Park, and much more. Now with the doors of Rubicon House wide open to the possibilities in the Rubicon Park community, imagine what we can accomplish!

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