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Course Introduction: Main Street Sites and Issues
Urban Neighborhood Decline: Causes, Consequences,
Challenges |
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Urban Design and Development: Ways of Seeing |
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Physical and Economic Tools
Preparation for Field Trip |
Assignment 1 due |
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Field Trip to Client Main Street Districts |
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Revitalization Strategies I and II |
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Project Discussion and Planning |
Review background reports
Reflect on key issues, challenges and plan elements
List tasks to complete phase one analysis |
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Economic Planning Tools II: Retail Market Analysis and Economic Planning
Economic Planning Tools III: Asset and Capacity Assessment |
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Work Session: Existing Conditions Analysis |
Summarize work status and findings to date
Identify key tasks to complete analysis |
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Physical Design Tools II: Streetscape
Physical Design Tools III: Image and Neighborhood Form
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Work Session |
Continue existing conditions analysis work |
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Work Session (cont.) |
Complete existing conditions analysis and its implications
Ideas for district revitalization
agenda |
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Presentation of Student Work |
Prepare summary presentation of existing conditions analysis |
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Work Session: Synthesis |
Review feedback and reflect on revisions to presentation/agenda |
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Work Session: Discussion/Reflection on Work to Date |
Finalize client presentation
Reflection assignment |
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Policies and Interventions I: Safety and Sanitation |
Existing conditions chapter due |
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Policies and Interventions II: Development
Policies and Interventions III: Design and Zoning Guidelines |
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Policies and Interventions II: Business Development, Retention, and Attraction
Policies and Interventions III: Marketing and Promotion |
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Work Session |
Generate proposal ideas and options
Identify planning tasks to develop and test proposals |
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Policies and Interventions VII: Organization and Capacity Building |
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Work Session (cont.) |
Continue work on proposal development |
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Work Session: Plan Goals and Themes |
Ideas for plan goals and themes |
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Presentation of Plan Frameworks |
Prepare plan framework |
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Work Session: Synthesize Plan Elements |
Work on plan elements |
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Work Session: Review Plan Elements |
Work on plan elements |
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Draft Presentation of Plans |
Prepare draft presentation of plan |
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Work Session: Finalize Plan and Presentation |
Review feedback on draft plans, ideas for revisions |
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Last Day of Class : Reflections and Presentation of Revised Draft Plans |
Continue work to finalize plan and client presentation |
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Final Plan Report Due |
Three hard copies and PDF file to Instructor by 3 PM |