Downtown Research &
Development Center

For more than 50 years, the Downtown Research & Development Center has provided a forum for exchanging news, information and ideas on how to rebuild the hearts of our cities.

Newsletters

Downtown Idea Exchange. Provides detailed case studies, practical news reports, how-to information and real-world examples of how traditional downtowns, business improvement districts, main street communities, and others are growing and prospering.

Downtown Promotion Reporter. Provides the tools you need to bring crowds of people onto your streets and into your stores, restaurants, and businesses.

Free E-newsletter

Downtown Digest. Our free e-newsletter provides a brief sampling of the high quality news and information in Downtown Idea Exchange and Downtown Promotion Reporter.

Books and Reports

Practical how-to information on key topics in downtown revitalization such as parking management, business improvement districts, funding downtown promotions, business clustering, safety and security, street graphics, and more.

Perspectives Articles

A series of insightful, and thought provoking, articles on the pressing downtown issues of the day.

Document Exchange

Provides direct links to some of the many excellent downtown design guidelines developed throughout North America.