Downtown Management Organizations

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