Calendar

ses # TOPICS KEY DATES
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
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
10 A Global Perspective on DMOs
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
14 Presentations Student presentations due
15 Final Class Group Project due