Resources - Downtown Development/Revitalization

• Barnett, Jonathan.  Redesigning Cities:  Principles, Practice, Implementation, APA Planners Press, 2003, 294 pages, paperback.* (INT)
• Bogdan, Albert.  “Reinventing Urban Neighborhoods,” Planning and Zoning News, November 1995, p. 5-12. (INT)
• Booth, Geoffrey, et al.  Transforming Suburban Business Districts, Urban Land Institute, 2001, 229 pages, paperback. (ADV)
• Burchell, Robert and Listoken, David.  The Adaptive Reuse Handbook:  Procedures to Inventory, Control, Manage, and Reemploy Surplus Municipal Properties, Center for Urban Policy Research, 1981, 575 pages, hardcover. (ADV)
• Fitzgerald, Joan, Economic Revitalization: Cases and Strategies for City and Suburb, Sage Publications, 2002, 280 pages, paperback.  (INT)
• Fox, Radhika. Shared Prosperity, Stronger Regions: An Agenda for Rebuilding America’s Older Core Cities, PolicyLink, 2006, 174 pages, PDF Large.
• Good, John and Goodwin, R.F.  Waterfront Revitalization for Small Cities, Oregon State University Extension, 1990, 124 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Grogan, Paul S. and Proscio, Tony.  Comeback Cities:  A Blueprint for Urban Revival, Westview Press, 2000, 285 pages, hardcover. (BAS)
• Houstoun, Lawrence O.  Business Improvement Districts, Urban Land Institute, 2003, 232 pages, paperback. (ADV)
• Leinberger, Christopher. Turning Around Downtown: Twelve Steps to Revitalization, Brookings Institute, 2005, PDF, 35 pages.
• McMahon, Edward; Hollberg, Sara; and Mastran, Shelley.  Better Models for Development in Virginia, The Conservation Fund, 2001, 107 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Mickelson, Keith.  “Infill Enhances Communities,” Michigan Planner, Fall 1994, p. 3. (BAS)
• Michigan Suburbs Alliance Redevelopment Ready Communities 2006 Best Practices and Scoring System, 2006, 30 pages, PDF.
• Milder, N. David.  Niche Strategies for Downtown Revitalization, Downtown Research and Development Center, 1997, 140 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Porter, Paul and Sweet, David.  Rebuilding America’s Cities:  Roads to Recovery, Center for Urban Policy Research, 1984, 255 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Rusk, David.  Inside Game, Outside Game:  Winning Strategies for Saving Urban America, Brookings Institution Press, 1999, 384 pages, hardcover. (INT)
• Sober, Lee; Greenberg, Ellen; Bodzin, Steven.  Greyfields into Goldfields, Congress for the New Urbanism, 2002, 91 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Suchman, Diane and Sowell, Margaret.  Developing Infill Housing in Inner-City Neighborhoods:  Opportunities and Strategies, ULI, 1997, 122 pages, paperback. (INT)
• Walawender, Richard.  “Redeveloping Principal Shopping Areas with Special Assessments,” Planning and Zoning News, May 1994, p. 8-9.  (INT)
• Community and Economic Development Toolbox  
• St. Croix Valley Development Design Study            
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Community Development Toolbox       
• University of Kansas Community Toolbox  
• Center for Community Economic Development Downtown and Business District Market Analysis