| 1 |
Introduction to Downtown Management Organizations |
Paper 1 assigned |
| 2 |
The Dominance and Decline of Downtown
Guest speaker: Robert Fogelson, Professor of Urban Studies and History, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| 3 |
The Revitalization of Downtown |
Paper 1 due |
| 4 |
An Introduction to Business Improvement Districts |
Student summaries of Paper 1 due
Paper 2 assigned |
| 5 |
Business Improvement Districts (cont.) |
Paper 2 due |
| 6 |
BIDs in New York City
Guest speaker: Susan Fainstein, Professor of Urban Planning, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University |
Student summaries of Paper 2 due
Paper 3 assigned |
| 7 |
Pennsylvania's Enabling Legislation
Guest speaker: David Cohen, Director of Development, North Philadelphia Health System; Former Executive Director of the City Avenue Special Services District in Philadelphia |
Group Project assigned |
| 8 |
Massachusetts' Enabling Legislation
Guest speaker: Anne Meyers, President of the Downtown Crossing Association, Boston, Massachusetts |
Group Work Plan due
Paper 3 due |
| 9 |
A Regional Approach to Downtown Management
Guest speakers: Chris Leinberger, Professor of Practice and Director of the Graduate Real Estate Development Program, University of Michigan, and Visiting Fellow, Brookings; Jerry Johnson, Co-Director of the Initiative for a Competitive Greater Reading |
Student summaries of Paper 3 due
Paper 4 assigned
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| 10 |
A Global Perspective on DMOs |
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| 11 |
A Global Perspective on DMOs (cont.) |
Paper 4 due |
| 12 |
Discussion of Group Project
Guest speaker: Jeffrey Hebert, DUSP/MCP '04, Louisiana Recovery Authority |
Student summaries of Paper 4 due |
| 13 |
Work on Group Project |
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| 14 |
Presentations |
Student presentations due |
| 15 |
Final Class |
Group Project due |