Revitalizing Urban Main Streets: Mission Hill & Egleston Square, Boston

Calendar

SES #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
Phase 1: Introduction and Overview
1	Introduction to Course Urban Neighborhood Decline: Causes, Consequences, Challenges
2	Introduction to Main Street Sites/Issues Directors of Mission Hill and Egleston Square Main Street programs to present their district, goals and issues to the class.
3	Physical and Economic Tools I: Urban Design - Ways of Seeing/Architecture Economic Development - Theories of Retail/Identifying Retail Niches	Assignment 1 due
4	Revitalization Strategies I and II
5	Field Trip Bus leaves 77 Mass Avenue at 8:10am sharp. Visit Mission Hill and then Egleston Square. Each site will be toured with manager and in topic groups.
6	Project Discussion
Phase 2: Assessment Tools
7	Economic Planning Tools II: Retail Market Analysis and Economic Planning
8	Physical Design Tools II: Streetscape
9	Economic Planning Tools III: Asset and Capacity Assessment
10	Physical Design Tools III: Image and Neighborhood Form
11	Egleston Square Team Presentation
12	Mission Hill Team Presentation
13	Synthesis In-class Work - Proposals for moving forward
14	Synthesis (cont.) In-class Work - Proposals for moving forward	Draft chapter of report - inventory and analysis due
15	Client Presentations
Phase 3: Policies and Interventions
16	Policies and Interventions I: Marketing and Promotion
17	Policies and Interventions II: Business Development, Retention, and Attraction
18	Policies and Interventions III: Development
19	Policies and Interventions IV: Transit-Oriented Development
20	Policies and Interventions V: Design and Zoning Guidelines
21	Policies and Interventions VI: Safety and Sanitation
22	Client Presentations
23	Policies and Interventions VII: Organization and Capacity Building	Draft outline of plan elements and summary of implementation requirements and main street program’s roles due
Phase 4: The Plans
24	Synthesis - Ideas In-class Working Session
25	Synthesis - Elements of the Plan In-class Working Session
26	Synthesis- Final Plan Integration, Key Findings and Themes In-class Working Session
27	Presentation of Draft Plans
28	Presentation of Draft Plans (cont.)
29	Presentations of Final Plans to Clients
30	Course Conclusion/Reflections
31	Final Reports/Plans	Three copies of the final report/plans due