| 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 |