Summary

May 2020 — Three-part discussion with the author:

Session 1: May 21, 2020 video

• Planning and Consultants
• Power of RFPs to attract developers
• Formation of a BID for organizing your  community
• Power of Feasibility studies—Housing, Retail, Office
• Build a Strategic Plan with community input and quantitative goals.
• Collaboration with large institutions and private developers

Session 2: May 28, 2020 video

• Revised Downtown Strategic Plan for the next ten years
• Importance of saving our architectural heritage
• Not-For-Profits owning Real Estate as an income generator
• Arts, Dining and Entertainment that drive Downtown Revitalization

Session 3: June 4, 2020 video

• Importance of Workforce Housing—
• Adaptive Reuse—Apartments and Incubator Space
• Collaboration vs. Competition—Creating Density in downtown.
• Tax incentives and new hotels
• Zoning changes—Creating Density
• Creating the environment for a New Bank Building
• Drivers of Downtown Revitalization—Arts, Dining and Entertainment and a refreshed Ithaca  Commons pedestrian mall

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