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(Re)Building Downtown: A Guidebook for Revitalization is a resource for local elected officials who want to re-invigorate and strengthen neighborhood centers of economy, culture, and history through a smart growth approach to development.
This guide uses Smart Growth America’s seven-step approach to:
Understand your community
Create an attractive, walkable place
Diversify economic uses
Plan for equity
Improve government regulations and processes
Finance projects
Establish on-going place management

These seven steps are fundamental to fostering a successful downtown district. Your community may decide to use some or all of them, depending on where you are in the (re)building process.
This guidebook will discuss each of the above steps in detail, and provide specific ways for communities to implement each.
Any community, of any size can use this approach. Through public engagement, strategic planning, public commitment, and ongoing support, you can create a place that unites your community, attracts visitors, and supports businesses for years to come.
http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/guides/rebuilding-downtown

READERS PLEASE NOTE: THIS DOWNLOAD IS FREE . NO PAY-WALL. NO COST.