| Ses # | Topics | Key dates |
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1 |
Course Introduction: Main Street Sites and Issues
Urban Neighborhood Decline: Causes, Consequences, |
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2 |
Urban Design and Development: Ways of Seeing |
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3 |
Physical and Economic Tools Preparation for Field Trip |
Assignment 1 due |
4 |
Field Trip to Client Main Street Districts |
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5 |
Revitalization Strategies I and II |
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6 |
Project Discussion and Planning |
Review background reports Reflect on key issues, challenges and plan elements List tasks to complete phase one analysis |
7 |
Economic Planning Tools II: Retail Market Analysis and Economic Planning Economic Planning Tools III: Asset and Capacity Assessment |
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8 |
Work Session: Existing Conditions Analysis |
Summarize work status and findings to date Identify key tasks to complete analysis |
9 |
Physical Design Tools II: Streetscape Physical Design Tools III: Image and Neighborhood Form |
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10 |
Work Session |
Continue existing conditions analysis work |
11 |
Work Session (cont.) |
Complete existing conditions analysis and its implications
Ideas for district revitalization |
12 |
Presentation of Student Work |
Prepare summary presentation of existing conditions analysis |
13 |
Work Session: Synthesis |
Review feedback and reflect on revisions to presentation/agenda |
14 |
Work Session: Discussion/Reflection on Work to Date |
Finalize client presentation |
15 |
Policies and Interventions I: Safety and Sanitation |
Existing conditions chapter due |
16 |
Policies and Interventions II: Development Policies and Interventions III: Design and Zoning Guidelines |
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17 |
Policies and Interventions II: Business Development, Retention, and Attraction Policies and Interventions III: Marketing and Promotion |
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18 |
Work Session |
Generate proposal ideas and options Identify planning tasks to develop and test proposals |
19 |
Policies and Interventions VII: Organization and Capacity Building |
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20 |
Work Session (cont.) |
Continue work on proposal development |
21 |
Work Session: Plan Goals and Themes |
Ideas for plan goals and themes |
22 |
Presentation of Plan Frameworks |
Prepare plan framework |
23 |
Work Session: Synthesize Plan Elements |
Work on plan elements |
24 |
Work Session: Review Plan Elements |
Work on plan elements |
25 |
Draft Presentation of Plans |
Prepare draft presentation of plan |
26 |
Work Session: Finalize Plan and Presentation |
Review feedback on draft plans, ideas for revisions |
27 |
Last Day of Class : Reflections and Presentation of Revised Draft Plans |
Continue work to finalize plan and client presentation |
28 |
Final Plan Report Due |
Three hard copies and PDF file to Instructor by 3 PM |