2006
Study Resources
Presentations
"The Arts and Economic Development: Paducah Artist Relocation Program" (pdf)
Mark Barone, Syracuse University
"Syracuse
Metropolitan Transportation Council" (pdf)
Mary Rowlands, Director
"University
Hill Transportation Study" (pdf)
Mary Rowlands, Director, SMTC
"Observations
on Revitalizing Downtown Syracuse"
Doug Sutherland, Managing Partner, Franklin Properties, LLC
"Transforming
Metropolitan Governance in Syracuse: A Roadmap for Prosperity" (pdf)
Bruce Katz, Vice President, Brookings Institution
Bruce Katz, in his presentation at the 2006 Community Leadership
Conference, advises us to focus on our unique and dominant assets:
1. the domination of medical and educational services in our economy;
2. the concentration of those sectors near downtown; and
3. the early momentum in the downtown residential market.
"Tax
Base Trends" (pdf)
Prepared by Joe C. Mareane
"Charting
a Course for Downtown Living"
Downtown Denver Partnership
Study Session Notes
Visitors and Tourism Panel—6/8/06
Armory Square: Lessons from the Rebirth—4/21/06
Downtown Living Forum—5/5/06
Downtown Office Market Trends—5/11/06
Transportation Planning—7/13/06
Studies and Reports
Cultural
Districts and Syracuse
HyettPalma
2001 Action Plan (pdf)
HyettPalma
Downtown Syracuse Action Agenda 1996 (pdf)
Downtown Committee of Syracuse, Inc.
2006 Annual Report
2005
Annual Report
2004
Annual Report
Onondaga
County's "New Urbanism" Settlement Plan
Syracuse
Comprehensive Plan
Syracuse
Comprehensive Plan Components
"Who
Lives Downtown?", Eugenie L. Birch, Brookings Institution.
November 2005
Parking
& Circulation, from ESF Downtown Master Plan, Spring 2004 (pdf)
Economic
Impacts of Historic Preservation in Missouri (pdf)
Comprehensive
Parking Strategy, from ESF 2006 Spring Semester Project (pdf)
Governing.com Articles
Governing.com
Otis White's Urban Notebook
"How
to Be Hip in Six Easy Lessons" (pdf)
Harrisburg's successful Restaurant Row yields lessons on making
entertainment districts click.
Governing.com
Otis White's Urban Notebook
"Nice
Place to Work, But ..." (pdf)
Reverse commuters prove that urban dwellers aren't necessarily
concerned with a short commute.
Governing.com
"Land
Rush"
Inner cities are becoming hot places to live. Does government
have any business telling developers to keep out?
Governing.com
"Fast
Times in Bushwick: The 'Next New Neighborhood' " (pdf)
Otis White's Urban Notebook
Governing.com
"Extreme
Makeover"
After transforming its downtown into a residential mecca, Vancouver
is trying to find the right balance between condos and commerce.
Governing.com
"The
Shape of Things to Come" (pdf)
Suburbs that look like cities
Governing.com
Discount
Downtowns
"Where Rents Are Cheaper in the CBD"