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<br /> xm I, TIP Toolbox Home Downtown Development
<br /> Getting Started Key Trends & Practices
<br /> Using the Toolbox
<br /> Source: Policy Brief 8 (June 2001), University of
<br /> Go to Tools Missouri-St. Louis Public Policy Research Center
<br /> Send us Feedback! Kent Robertson, Ph.D.,
<br /> St. Cloud State University-Minnesota
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<br /> C aRDI The purpose of this article is to present some of the key
<br /> downtown development trends and practices in the United
<br /> Cornell Cooperative States. These trends are based on the author's extensive
<br /> Extension research,writings, and consulting activities in the field of
<br /> downtown development.
<br /> Penn State
<br /> Cooperative Trend #1: Emphasis on Multi-Functional Uses.
<br /> Extension Downtowns have always housed a wide variety of functions.
<br /> Where else can one find shopping, services, professional
<br /> LN.ervtbaing old offices, hotels, churches, housing, entertainment,the arts,
<br /> vv; g, , `°A."' libraries, dining, government offices, and more, all within
<br /> 1 w New Approach to walking distance of each other? Different functions bring
<br /> o'" unit i)e`velop t'''' different types of people downtown at different times of the
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<br /> Stay 22-23,2002 day and week,thereby increasing the volume and distribution
<br /> of downtown activity levels.
<br /> Although downtown retailing can never hope to recapture the
<br /> dominant role of its heyday, recently there has been a notable
<br /> increase in several other functions. Cities large and small
<br /> have encouraged the development of more housing in and
<br /> next to the downtown. Redevelopment and new development
<br /> • of market rate, senior, and subsidized downtown housing has
<br /> been widespread. Tourism has also been widely utilized as an
<br /> economic development tool because of its potential to
<br /> generate income from outside of the community and to
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