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ses #TOPICSKEY DATES
1Introduction to Downtown Management OrganizationsPaper 1 assigned
2The 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
3The Revitalization of DowntownPaper 1 due
4An Introduction to Business Improvement DistrictsStudent summaries of Paper 1 due

Paper 2 assigned
5Business Improvement Districts (cont.)Paper 2 due
6BIDs 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
7Pennsylvania'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
8Massachusetts' Enabling Legislation

Guest speaker: Anne Meyers, President of the Downtown Crossing Association, Boston, Massachusetts
Group Work Plan due

Paper 3 due
9A 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
10A Global Perspective on DMOs
11A Global Perspective on DMOs (cont.)Paper 4 due
12Discussion of Group Project

Guest speaker: Jeffrey Hebert, DUSP/MCP '04, Louisiana Recovery Authority
Student summaries of Paper 4 due
13Work on Group Project
14PresentationsStudent presentations due
15Final ClassGroup Project due

 








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