Full Description
Local officials are making investment decisions to enhance the quality of life in their communities and to improve economic development conditions. These new programs are not municipal give-aways, or, as some call them, corporate welfare programs, but efforts to invest wisely in downtown areas and neighborhoods with the goal of revitalizing them, with the hope that business and commerce will follow.
This work presents case studies from Atlanta, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Berkeley, Boulder, Cambridge, Charleston, Chattanooga, Chesterfield County, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, DuPont, Grand Forks, Hampton, Hartford, Hayward, Houston, Kansas City, Lake Worth, Little Rock, Madison, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Bedford, Newark, Oakland, Orlando, Petuluma, Portland, Saint Paul, Santa Monica, Seattle, Toronto, and Washington, D.C. The case study topics include streetscapes, public plazas, museums, libraries, cultural parks, walkways and greenways, major infrastructure improvements, transit and transportation enhancements and other works.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
1 Municipal Self-Investment for Community Renewal
2 Atlanta Builds Inner-City Parks to Revitalize Downtown
3 Atlanta Stabilizes Inner-City Neighborhoods with New Public Housing
4 Baltimore Uses Linear Trails to Link Neighborhoods to Harbor District
5 Baton Rouge Uses Master Plan to Revitalize Historic Downtown
6 Berkeley Revives Its Old Downtown through Creation of an Arts District
7 Boulder Redesigns Residential Streets to Restore Quality of Life to Its Neighborhoods
8 Cambridge Designs Civic Spaces to Improve Living for Downtown Residents
9 Charleston Builds New Public Library to Stimulate Community Development
10 Chattanooga Creates Town Center Out of Aging Inner-City Mall
11 Chester.eld County Protects Nature to Foster Quality Residential Areas
12 Chicago Uses Civic Leaders to Plan for the Future of Their Downtown
13 Cleveland Uses Private Planning Group to Improve Its Downtown and Lakefront Areas
14 Denver Uses Transit System to Enhance Downtown Access for Both Residents and Tourists
15 Denver Metro Area Voters Raise Revenues for Scientific and Cultural Facilities
16 DuPont Uses "New Urbanism" Concepts to Plan for Downtown Civic Center
17 Grand Forks Rebuilds Its Old Downtown Creating Open Spaces and Walkways
18 Hampton Approves New Type of Business Improvement District
19 Hartford Revives Riverfront to Stimulate Inner-City Tourism
20 Hayward Uses Transit Villages to Stimulate Downtown Redevelopment
21 Houston Makes Public Improvements to Entice Private Development
22 Kansas City Renovates Old Train Station to Jump-Start Downtown Renewal
23 Lake Worth Restores Shoreline Property to Revive Beachfront Commercial Area
24 Little Rock Makes Improvements to Redevelop Its Downtown Riverfront Area
25 Madison Integrates Land-Use and Transportation Planning to Curb Spawl
26 Minneapolis Revises Zoning Code to Allow More Flexible Development
27 Nashville Invests in Riverfront to Stimulate Downtown Redevelopment
28 New Bedford Uses Old Street Patterns to Revitalize Aging Waterfront District
29 Newark's Performing Arts Center Creates Rebirth of Downtown
30 Oakland Uses Transit Improvements to Revive Inner-City Neighborhood
31 Orlando Uses Free Rapid Transit to Improve Downtown Transportation
32 Petaluma Provides Transit Options to Revive Downtown River Area
33 Portland Guides Urban Growth Through Public Transportation
34 Saint Paul Uses "New Urbanism" to Revitalize Downtown Riverfront Area
35 Santa Monica Uses Promenade and Public Transit to Revitalize Old Main Street
36 Seattle Uses Branch Library as a Tool for Community Renewal
37 Toronto Updates Zoning Code Favoring Mixed-Use Development to Revive Old Waterfront Area
38 Washington, D.C., Stimulates Development by Linking Suburbs to the Inner-City Using Public Transit
39 Washington, D.C., Promotes Development Near Transit Stations to Spur Neighborhood Renewal
40 The Future of Municipal Self-Investment
Regional Resource Directory
National Resource Directory
Bibliography
About the Contributors
Index
