Community Renewal through Municipal Investment: A Handbook for Citizens and Public Officials

by Roger L. Kemp

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786431564
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	03/16/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.51(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Roger L. Kemp, Ph.D., ICMA-CM, has been a city manager on both the East and West coasts for more than 25 years. He is presently Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Public Administration at Golden Gate University and a Fellow of The Academy of Political Science.

Table of 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