Community Revitalization Desktop Guide

footnotes: step one Note: 1 Results of survey of 57 cities with populations from 25,000 to 50,000 outlined in Robertson, Kent A. Can Small-City Downtowns Remain Viable? Journal of the American Planning Association. Vol. 65. Issue 3, Summer 1999. 2 Robertson, Kent A. Can Small-City Downtowns Remain Viable? Journal of the American Planning Association. Vol. 65. Issue 3, Summer 1999. 3 Beth Siegel and Andy Waxman, Third-Tier Cities: Adjusting to the New Economy, U.S. Economic Development Administration (2001). 4 Sara Barton, Like a Good Neighbor, Franklin and Marshall Magazine (Spring, 2006). http:// magazine.fandm.edu/spring06/sp06_story1.html. 5 The United States Conference of Mayors defines the term “brownfield” as an abandoned or underutilized property where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by either real or perceived environmental contamination. Recycling America’s Land: A National Report on Brownfields Redevelopment, US Conference of Mayors (2006). 6 “Brownfields”, Patriot-News (February 16, 2004). 7 Developers were asked (in events sponsored by the Urban Land Institute, the MacArthur Foundation, the Smart Growth Network, and others) where they look for their best opportunities. The almost unanimous opinion (driven by the favorable economics associated with existing infrastructure) was “already-serviced land” with excess parking capacity. When asked what the principal barriers are to using such spaces, the most commonly cited are “transaction costs” associated with “land assembly” and “information access.” http://www.mml.org/foundation/ sustainable_communities.htm 8 US Conference of Mayors 2005 Brownfield Survey, Recycling America’s Land: A National Report on Brownfields Redevelopment (May 2006). http://www.usmayors.org/74thannualmeeting/ brownfieldsreport_060506.pdf 9 Affordability Index: A New Tool for Measuring the True Affordability of a Housing Choice, by the Center for Neighborhood Technology and Center for Transit-Oriented Development, Brookings Institution (February, 2006) http://www.cnt.org/ht/ 10 Statement of Kathleen H. Crowther Executive Director, Cleveland Restoration Society Committee on House Government Reform Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census. September 20, 2006. 11 US Forest Service, 2004. 12 American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials, 1998. 13 Ed McMahon and Shelley Mastran, Better Models for Development in Pennsylvania, The Conservation Fund and Pennsylvania DCNR p.25 (2006). 14 State of the English Cities – The State of American Cities p.71. 15 Sean Zielenbach, The Art of Revitalization: Improving Conditions in Distressed Inner-City Neighborhoods (2000). 16 National Association of Realtors® (NAR) & National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Joint Survey (April 2002) http://www.realtor.org/SG3.nsf/Pages/NARNHAB02Survey?OpenD ocument 17 Ed McMahon and Shelley Mastran, Better Models for Development in Pennsylvania, The Conservation Fund and Pennsylvania DCNR p.23 (2006). Case Studies: a Governor Rendell Announces $4.4 Million to Revitalize McKeesport Business District, November 27, 2006, http://www.newpa.com/newsDetail.aspx?id+562. b Ann Belser, Federal funds to be vital in McKeesport’s face lift, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 01, 2006, http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06152/694609-55.stm. c Justin Vellucci, State Money May Aid Rebirth, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, November 28, 2006, http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/east/s_481663.html. Marjorie Wertz, On the Rebound, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, February 26, 2006, http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/ pittsburghtrib/s_425875.html. Jonathan Barnes, McKeesport plans to buy, use Sky Bank building, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, July 14, 2005, http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05195/537312.stm. Jonathan Barnes, Midtown Plaza upgrade planned in McKeesport, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 02, 2005, http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05153/514043.stm. d Phone interview and e-mail communication with Gary Evans, Executive Assistant to the President, Lafayette College, December 18, 2006. Developer Sought for Bushkill Creek Corridor Revitalization Project May 31, 2006, http://www.lehighvalley.org/page.cfm?pag=44&new=97. Lehigh Valley’s Three Cities Experiencing a Renaissance, Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation, June, 2006, http://www.lehighvalley.org/page.cfm?pag=538. Third Street Looking Forward: Plans for revitalizing gateway to campus under way, Lafayette Magazine, Spring 2004, http://www.lafayette.edu/press/magazine/spring_04/easton_past.html. Revitalizing Easton State Grant will Improve Lafayette’s Downtown Gateway, Lafayette Magazine, Fall 2004, http:// www.lafayette.edu/press/magazine/fall04/easton.html. e Kate McLoughlin, President innovated academics, Greek life, The Brown and White, April 27, 2006, http://www.bw.lehigh.edu/story.asp?ID=19803. Nicole Radzievich, Farmers’ market comes to life in Bethlehem. New location draws more to the music, produce and pies, The Morning Call, July 10, 2006, http://www.caclv.org/home/news/news060710.htm. Solving the puzzle, Lehigh Alumni Bulletin, Spring 2006, http://www3.lehigh.edu/News/news_story.asp?iNewsID=1823 . Chuck Ayers, NCC cinches South Side Parking, The Morning Call, November 9, 2004, http:// www.saveoursteel.org/news/News_MC_11_9_04.htm. f Interview with Diane Labelle, Director, GoggleWorks, January 26, 2007. Interview with Adam Mukerji, Director of Community Development, City of Reading, January 22, 2007. E-mail correspondence with Karl Graybill, Executive Director, Reading DID, January 29, 2007. http:// www.goggleworks.org/about-the-goggle/AboutUs.php. John Fidler, Reading: It’s Not Just Outlet Malls Anymore: A Former Safety Goggle Factory Puts Pa. City on Arts Map, The Washington Post, July 19, 2006, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/ AR2006071801313.html. g Barbara Benson, Milford, Pa., The New York Times, August 9, 2002, http://query.nytimes.com/ gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E4DE173AF93AA3575BC0A9649C8B63. Mountain Laurel arts center forges ahead, Pocono Record, July 23, 2006, http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs. dll/article?AID=/20060723/NEWS04/607230332/-1/NEWS16. h Christopher Guadagnino, Plans for a new medical school in Scranton, Physicians’ News Digest, October 2006, http://www.physiciansnews.com/spotlight/1006.html. Governor Rendell announces historic investment to expand healthcare in Northeastern Pennsylvania, PA PowerPort, October 30, 2006, http://www.state.pa.us/papower/cwp/view.asp?A=11&Q=457642. Chris Birk, State cuts huge check, Scranton Times-Tribune, October 31, 2006, http://www.thetimestribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17399917&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6. Julie Sidoni, Medical School Coming to Scranton, NewsWatch 16, July 6, 2006, http://www. wnep.com/global/story.asp?s=5120700. Jeff Sonderman, $35M set aside for medical school in Scranton, Scranton Times-Tribune, June 29, 2006. http://www.thetimestribune.com/site/news. cfm?newsid=16861561&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi=6. i http://www.lecom.edu; LECOM Contributes to the City of Erie, http://www.lecom.edu/lecom/ news/Contribution06.asp. j Keith Rolland, Leadership and Enthusiasm Fuel Small Town’s Turnaround, Cascade: A Community Development Publication, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Spring 2005, http://www.phil. frb.org/cca/spring05_2.html k Don Hopey, 12-county region struggles with dilemma of exposing its value without losing it, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, August 6, 2006, http://www.postgazette.com/pg/06218/71124885.stm. http://www.ridgwayheritagecouncil.org. Dale Lauricella, Ridgway: Wild about the Wilds!, The Word on the Wilds, April, 2006, http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/info/pawilds/0604twotw.aspx#Article4. Pittsburgh (Allegheny County) GOAL ONE: CHOOSE ONE ASSET-RICH REDEvELOpmENT AREA step one: identify key economic and physical assets http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrlb/s_425875.html http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05195/537312.stm http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/05153/514043.stm http://www.lehighvalley.org/page.cfm?pag=44&new=97 http://magazine.fandm.edu/spring06/sp06_story1.html http://www.lehighvalley.org/page.cfm?pag=538 http://magazine.fandm.edu/spring06/sp06_story1.html http://www.lafayette.edu/press/magazine/spring_04/easton_past.html http://www.lafayette.edu/press/magazine/fall04/easton.html http://www.lafayette.edu/press/magazine/fall04/easton.html http://www.bw.lehigh.edu/story.asp?ID=19803 http://www.caclv.org/home/news/news060710.htm http://www3.lehigh.edu/News/news_story.asp?iNewsID=1823 http://www.saveoursteel.org/news/News_MC_11_9_04.htm http://www.saveoursteel.org/news/News_MC_11_9_04.htm http://www.mml.org/foundation/sustainable_communities.htm http://www.mml.org/foundation/sustainable_communities.htm http://www.goggleworks.org/about-the-goggle/AboutUs.php http://www.usmayors.org/74thannualmeeting/brownfieldsreport_060506.pdf http://www.goggleworks.org/about-the-goggle/AboutUs.php http://www.usmayors.org/74thannualmeeting/brownfieldsreport_060506.pdf http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071801313.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071801313.html http://www.cnt.org/ht/ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E4DE173AF93AA3575BC0A9649C8B63 http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A04E4DE173AF93AA3575BC0A9649C8B63 http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcsdll/article?AID=/20060723/NEWS04/607230332/-1/NEWS16 http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcsdll/article?AID=/20060723/NEWS04/607230332/-1/NEWS16 http://www.physiciansnews.com/spotlight/1006.html http://www.state.pa.us/papower/cwp/view.asp?A=11&Q=457642 http://www.thetimestribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17399917&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi =6 http://www.thetimestribune.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17399917&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi =6 http://www.wnep.com/global/story.asp?s=5120700 http://www.wnep.com/global/story.asp?s=5120700 http://www.realtor.org/SG3.nsf/Pages/NARNHAB02Survey?OpenDocument http://www.thetimestribune.com/site/newscfm?newsid=16861561&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi =6 http://www.thetimestribune.com/site/newscfm?newsid=16861561&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=415898&rfi =6 http://www.realtor.org/SG3.nsf/Pages/NARNHAB02Survey?OpenDocument http://www.lecom.edu/lecom/news/Contribution06.asp http://www.lecom.edu http://www.lecom.edu/lecom/news/Contribution06.asp http://www.phil.frb.org/cca/spring05_2.html http://www.phil.frb.org/cca/spring05_2.html http://www.newpa.com/newsDetail.aspx?id+562 http://www.postgazette.com/pg/06218/711248-85.stm http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06152/694609-55.stm http://www.ridgwayheritagecouncil.org http://www.postgazette.com/pg/06218/711248-85.stm http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/info/pawilds/0604-twotw.aspx#Article4 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/east/s_481663.html http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/info/pawilds/0604-twotw.aspx#Article4 http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrlb/s_425875.html

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PA Community Revitalization Desktop Guide Table of Contents How To Attract High Impact Investment to Core Communities Goal One: Choose One Asset-Rich Redevelopment Area Interviews with Pennsylvania Mayors Goal Two: Prepare Redevelopment Area for Market Interviews with Developers who Have Invested in Pennsylvania Cities and Towns Goal Three: Welcome Investment Interviews with Developers who Have Invested in Pennsylvania Cities and Towns Goal Four: Apply Strategies That Work Conclusion

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