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Press Release

12 Strategies that Will Transform Your Downtown

An collection of 12 transformative practices from around the country.

(Boonton, NJ, December 4, 2014) — In the December issue of Downtown Idea Exchange newsletter, guest columnist John Karras shares 12 strategies that can transform virtually any downtown into a more vibrant place.

The list includes structural changes, like street reconfiguration (Turn one-way streets into two-way streets), short-term steps (Establish a regularly occurring public event), and management approaches (Consolidate regional economic development partner organizations into a single downtown location).

The 12 strategies are:

  1. Turn one-way streets into two-way streets.
  2. Establish a regularly occurring public event which showcases downtown merchants, music, and food.
  3. Create more land for development.
  4. Make under-utilized public land available for private-sector development.
  5. Consolidate regional economic development partner organizations into a single downtown location.
  6. Create a permanent public market.
  7. Open a downtown satellite campus of a local university.
  8. Build a streetcar line connecting downtown to an adjacent urban neighborhood.
  9. Create an awesome playground to make your downtown more kid- and family-friendly.
  10. Create a branded downtown entertainment district.
  11. Establish maximum parking standards for new downtown developments, or at least remove minimum parking requirements for new buildings.
  12. Set up a downtown bike share program.

To read the full article, visit: www.DowntownDevelopment.com/perspectives.php

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About the Downtown Research & Development Center

For over 50 years, the Downtown Research & Development Center has acted as the information clearinghouse on practical strategies and tactics for revitalizing the hearts of our cities and towns.

The Group\'s main activities include publishing the widely influential Downtown Idea Exchange and Downtown Promotion Reporter newsletters; publishing relevant books and reports; and operating the DowntownDevelopment.com website.

Website: http://www.DowntownDevelopment.com


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