 In a number of interviews and public statements, Prondzynski declared that he wanted Robert Gordon University to be a leader in the development of Scottish economic and cultural growth.In 2012 he also became associated with the proposal, prompted by the university's billionaire Chancellor, philanthropist Sir Ian Wood, to redevelop the area around Aberdeen's Union Terrace Gardens.He was a prominent signatory of a letter addressed to the City Council urging it to adopt the proposal for a new 'City Garden'.