tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34348362011-07-14T19:41:07.903-05:00Downtown RevitalizationWeb resources on downtown revitalization for the seminar presentation by G. McGonigal and A. Hirota in course 73. 707.gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comBlogger271100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-1155167649870776502006-08-09T18:54:00.000-05:002006-08-09T18:54:09.870-05:00gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-1155167611299303372006-08-09T18:53:00.000-05:002006-08-09T18:53:31.346-05:00gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-850205562002-11-24T15:14:00.000-06:002002-11-24T15:14:19.663-06:00Book Reviews "We read a lot of books about cities, regions, economic development, demographics and leadership at Civic Strategies. Here are some we're excited about."gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-814788232002-09-11T18:13:00.000-05:002002-09-11T18:13:50.940-05:00Baltimore's succesful waterfront - 25 years in the making. "Preparation for the Inner Harbor's revival began when the city cleared out much of what was there. In 1971, work began on a new bulkhead and promenade, as well as a dock for the warship Constellation. The idea, Millspaugh says, was to create functional public spaces so that private investment might follow."gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-797550982002-08-02T19:13:00.000-05:002002-08-02T19:13:05.640-05:00A city's new lease on life? Something is happening in downtown Cincinnati. People are moving in!gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-769920612002-05-26T11:42:00.000-05:002002-05-26T11:42:02.020-05:00Lessons learned by an urban visionary "During 16 years as Indianapolis's mayor, William Hudnut acted boldly to build the city. Now he says he'd pay more attention to the 'little things.' "gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-763482672002-05-09T11:40:00.000-05:002002-05-09T11:40:34.720-05:00The American Sports Complex: Putting Place Back into Space "Reis's Sam Truitt talks with Geoffrey Booth, director of retail development at Urban Land Institute and a 30-year urban-planning veteran, to get his unique take on the lessons learned and margins won in the fight to make stadiums a winning strategic play in fostering downtown integration. An Australian native and author of Integrated gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-757763792002-04-24T13:42:00.000-05:002002-04-24T13:42:46.876-05:00OrlandoSentinel.com: Central Florida News Austin's rebirthgordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-757374832002-04-23T15:07:00.000-05:002002-04-23T15:07:01.393-05:00Partners for Livable Communities Home Page "A non-profit organization committed to improving community well-being through economic development, social equity, amenity assets and quality of life."gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-753378822002-04-12T15:45:00.000-05:002002-04-12T15:45:56.970-05:00FSCC World News Services: Lessons from Denver's Downtown "take a cue from Denver, whose heart now pulsates with a diverse crowd of shoppers, diners, sports fans, and even condo and apartment dwellers."gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-753329392002-04-12T13:15:00.000-05:002002-04-12T13:15:54.746-05:00Ottawa 2020 Smart Growth Summit The Ottawa 2020 Smart Growth Summit was held During June 2001 as part of the review of its 20-year plan. Part of the process included presentations by urban planning experts. Sir Peter Hall, Richard Florida, and Andres Duany among many others (even Glen Murray!) offered their opinions on building a great city. Webcasts of the presentations are available here.gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751905912002-04-08T22:39:00.000-05:002002-04-08T22:49:39.000-05:00Main Street Program Web Sites Listing of initiatives across the USA.gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751904242002-04-08T22:34:00.000-05:002002-04-08T22:34:36.330-05:00National Trust's National Main Street Center
"Since 1980, the National Main Street Center has been working with communities across the USA to revitalize their historic or traditional commercial areas. Based in historic preservation, the Main Street approach was developed to save historic commercial architecture and the fabric of American communities' built environment, but has become a powerful gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751187952002-04-06T19:51:00.000-06:002002-04-06T19:51:40.033-06:00MDC's State of the South 2000
"A regional-level analysis of the impact of globalization on the Southern economy, with an analysis of trends in business mix changes, trade, foreign direct investment, occupational mix changes, immigration, and workforce readiness."
Chapter 3 contains a look at some successful cities. Creativity and diversity are key elements in places like Austin TX and gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751183142002-04-06T19:33:00.000-06:002002-04-06T19:54:08.000-06:00What Cities Can Do
Short glimpes on:
Revitalizing Denver's downtown
by Wellington E. Webb
Managing high-tech growth in King County
by Ron Sims
Fighting crime in Oakland
by Jerry Brown
Getting the basics right
by Anthony A. Williams
gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751180602002-04-06T19:22:00.000-06:002002-04-06T19:22:03.120-06:00Sports, Jobs, and Taxes: The Economic Impact of Sports Teams and Stadiums by Roger C. Noll and Andrew Zimbalist, Editors
"The primary conclusions are: first, sports teams and facilities are not a source of local economic growth and employment; second, the magnitude of the net subsidy exceeds the financial benefit of a new stadium to a team; and, third, the most plausible reasons that cities are gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751177882002-04-06T19:11:00.000-06:002002-04-06T19:54:32.000-06:00No Easy Answers - Cautionary Notes for Competitive Cities
"Leaders of American cities seeking to foster economic growth often look to success stories from other cities, hoping to find models and strategies to replicate. Some favorite strategies include investing in infrastructure, lowering taxes (both overall and in a targeted fashion), building sports stadiums, picking and promoting particular gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751168302002-04-06T18:26:00.000-06:002002-04-06T18:26:24.186-06:00Brookings: Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy: Central City Initiative "The Brookings Center is pursuing a policy and research initiative to help cities better understand and identity their role in the new economy. To that end, the Center is: (1) examining the emerging demographic, market, and corporate trends that are affecting central city economies; (2) identifying local strategies, in gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751162522002-04-06T17:47:00.000-06:002002-04-06T17:47:35.033-06:00International Downtown Association Unfortunately, it costs US$300 to gain access to most of their info.gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751161722002-04-06T17:42:00.000-06:002002-04-06T17:42:44.560-06:00Professor Richard Florida - Creative People Create Vitality Florida believes that technology, talent, and tolerance are the keys to urban vitality.gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751160492002-04-06T17:36:00.000-06:002002-04-06T17:36:15.960-06:00Libraries and the Blight Fight "Since their inception, public libraries have offered book-borrowing privileges and reference help to residents from every walk of life. In recent years, as their programming expanded to include music and cultural events, literacy classes and, of course, free Internet access, many have become full-fledged community centers. But in addition to providing these direct gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751160272002-04-06T17:34:00.000-06:002002-04-06T17:34:58.850-06:00National Conference Links Public Libraries and Urban Economic Development "In Chicago, we look at schools and libraries as the anchors of society. Learning is key to success in this information and technology economy. Libraries are key to safe neighborhoods. That is why we have built so many libraries and why they also are architecturally beautiful." - Richard M. Daley
gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751159092002-04-06T17:30:00.000-06:002002-04-06T17:31:21.000-06:00Using Transit For Community Development "Bethel New Life's Parkside Estates and a new Transit Center on Chicago's west side are proving that the same promising demographic and economic trends that are strengthening the Loop are also helping to revive low-income and minority neighborhoods."gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751158792002-04-06T17:28:00.000-06:002002-04-06T17:59:55.000-06:00Arena seen as unlikely benefit "The benefits are minuscule, if they exist at all," said Rob Baade, an economics professor at Lake Forest College in Illinois, who specializes in the business of professional sports.
"Relying on sport as an economic development tool doesn't work. New stadiums and arenas are for the benefit of owners and players, and fans who want to keep the team in the city."gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751157992002-04-06T17:25:00.000-06:002002-04-06T17:26:56.000-06:00The Role of America’s Universities in Urban Revival Efforts
"Institutions for higher education have long been a force in America’s overall economic growth and human development. However, over the past decade, universities—particularly urban universities—have become more directly involved in the economic and social stability of the neighborhoods and communities in which they are located. "gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751139552002-04-06T16:14:00.000-06:002002-04-06T23:08:04.000-06:00Pittsburgh mayor seeks Fifth-Forbes developers "the city's new approach to Downtown renewal is based on recent proposals issued by a 13-member "Plan C Task Force for Fifth and Forbes," which spent 15 months studying what can be done to revitalize to the commercial core of Downtown."gordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3434836.post-751137192002-04-06T16:06:00.000-06:002002-04-06T16:06:11.093-06:00A Convention Center Race May Spawn Losers [free password required] The trade show and convention industry enjoyed double-digit growth in attendance in the late 1980's and early 90's, analysts say, but that has slowed considerably since 1997. In fact, attendance nationally was down last year, even before the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
"To a significant degree, it's folly," said Robert A. Baade, agordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00053975821581312318noreply@blogger.com