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Revitalizing Urban Main Streets >> Content Detail



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Ses #TopicsKey dates
1Course Introduction: Main Street Sites and Issues

Urban Neighborhood Decline: Causes, Consequences,
Challenges
2Urban Design and Development: Ways of Seeing
3Physical and Economic Tools

Preparation for Field Trip
Assignment 1 due
4Field Trip to Client Main Street Districts
5Revitalization Strategies I and II
6Project Discussion and PlanningReview background reports

Reflect on key issues, challenges and plan elements

List tasks to complete phase one analysis
7Economic Planning Tools II: Retail Market Analysis and Economic Planning

Economic Planning Tools III: Asset and Capacity Assessment
8Work Session: Existing Conditions AnalysisSummarize work status and findings to date

Identify key tasks to complete analysis
9Physical Design Tools II: Streetscape

Physical Design Tools III: Image and Neighborhood Form
10Work SessionContinue existing conditions analysis work
11Work Session (cont.)Complete existing conditions analysis and its implications

Ideas for district revitalization
agenda
12Presentation of Student WorkPrepare summary presentation of existing conditions analysis
13Work Session: SynthesisReview feedback and reflect on revisions to presentation/agenda
14Work Session: Discussion/Reflection on Work to DateFinalize client presentation
Reflection assignment
15Policies and Interventions I: Safety and SanitationExisting conditions chapter due
16Policies and Interventions II: Development

Policies and Interventions III: Design and Zoning Guidelines
17Policies and Interventions II: Business Development, Retention, and Attraction

Policies and Interventions III: Marketing and Promotion
18Work SessionGenerate proposal ideas and options

Identify planning tasks to develop and test proposals
19Policies and Interventions VII: Organization and Capacity Building
20Work Session (cont.)Continue work on proposal development
21Work Session: Plan Goals and ThemesIdeas for plan goals and themes
22Presentation of Plan FrameworksPrepare plan framework
23Work Session: Synthesize Plan ElementsWork on plan elements
24Work Session: Review Plan ElementsWork on plan elements
25Draft Presentation of PlansPrepare draft presentation of plan
26Work Session: Finalize Plan and PresentationReview feedback on draft plans, ideas for revisions
27Last Day of Class : Reflections and Presentation of Revised Draft PlansContinue work to finalize plan and client presentation
28Final Plan Report DueThree hard copies and PDF file to Instructor by 3 PM

 








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