INNER CITY INVESTMENT INITIATIVE SEMINAR Common Denominators of Successful Center City Revitalization Donovan Rypkema Heritage Strategies International Washington, DC, USA

1 Category - Leadership Is there an individual who is the Local Champion for center city revitalization?

2 Category - Leadership Is there a formal or informal overall vision or comprehensive plan that guides the process?

3 Category - Leadership Is there institutional presence in the center city?

4 Category - Leadership Are stakeholders responsive to change?

5 Category - Leadership Is there institutional support for the center city by local government?

6 Category - Leadership Is there institutional support for the center city by financial institutions?

7 Category - Leadership Is there institutional support for the center city by religious institutions?

8 Category - Leadership Is there institutional support for the center city by the local newspaper?

9 Category - Leadership Is there a significant segment of community leadership committed to center city revitalization?

10 Category - Comprehension Is the importance of the center city understood by the public sector?

11 Category - Comprehension Is the importance of the center city understood by the center city business community?

12 Category - Comprehension Is the importance of the center city understood by the business community that is not in the center city?

13 Category - Comprehension Is the importance of the center city understood by the community at large?

14 Category - Comprehension Is the importance of the center city understood by the local news media?

15 Category - Comprehension Is there a clear, broadly understood definition of where the center city is?

16 Category - Management Is there a public/private/non- profit organization for the center city?

17 Category - Management Is there a comprehensive approach to management of the center city?

18 Category - Management Is the center city organization tracking and reporting change?

19 Category - Partnerships Is there a widespread understanding and implementation of interdependence among center city businesses?

20 Category - Partnerships Is there a widespread understanding and implementation of interdependence among properties?

21 Category - Partnerships Is there interaction with educational institutions at every level?

22 Category - Partnerships Are there multiple avenues of participation in center city revitalization?

23 Category - Partnerships Is there active participation from newcomers to the community in center city revitalization?

24 Category - Partnerships Is there active participation in center city revitalization by those with no vested financial interests?

25 Category – Public Sector Participation Is there a regulatory environment where reinvestment in the center city is specifically encouraged?

26 Is there a consistent public policy towards center city? Category – Public Sector Participation

27 Is center city treated separately and differently in planning, zoning and other land use regulations? Category – Public Sector Participation

28 Are public improvements of high quality? Category – Public Sector Participation

29 Are public improvements well maintained? Category – Public Sector Participation

30 Is mixed-use of center city buildings specifically encouraged? Category – Public Sector Participation

31 Category – Community Orientation Is there a broad sense of ownership of the center city by the residents of the community?

32 Category – Community Orientation Are there abundant non- economic activities in the center city?

33 Category – Community Orientation Is center city the primary place for public expression?

34 Category – Community Orientation Is there tolerance encouragement of diversity center city?

35 Category – Community Orientation Is there something for everyone center city?

36 Category – Community Orientation Does the center city serve the local market?

37 Is there a sense of public safety by having minimal graffiti? Category – Community Orientation

38 Category – Community Orientation Is there a sense of public safety by having good levels of maintenance of buildings, signs and public improvements?

39 Category – Community Orientation Is there a sense of public safety by having a minimum of dirty/unkempt windows & entrances

40 Category – Community Orientation Is there a significant residential component in the center city?

41 Category – Diversity - Economic Is the center city an affordable place for incubation, experimentation, creativity?

42 Is there a wide range of rental space available by size, condition, and use? Category – Diversity - Economic

43 Is the center city made up primarily of locally owned businesses? Category – Diversity - Economic

44 Are arts and cultural activities key elements in the center city strategy? Category – Diversity - Economic

45 Is the center city a business center of the community? Category – Diversity - Functional

46 Category – Diversity - Functional Is the center city the government center of the community?

47 Is the center city the arts and cultural center of the community? Category – Diversity - Functional

48 Category – Diversity - Functional Is the center city the entertainment center of the community?

49 Is the center city a housing center of the community? Category – Diversity - Functional

50 Category – Diversity - Functional Is center city the tourism and convention center of the community?

51 Is the center city an educational center of the community? Category – Diversity - Functional

52 Category – Diversity - Functional Is center city a medical center of the community?

53 Is center city the special events center of the community? Category – Diversity - Functional

54 Category – Diversity - Functional Is center city the sports events center of the community?

55 Is the center city a retail center of the community (serving those other “center” markets)? Category – Diversity - Functional

56 Category – Diversity - Functional Is the center city the Heritage center of the community?

57 Category - Differentiation Are character defining resources identified, protected, and enhanced?

58 Category - Differentiation Is there an appropriate use of historic resources?

59 Category - Differentiation Does center city compete on its own strengths rather than try to compete with the shopping center and office park in their strengths?

60 Category - Differentiation Does the center city maintain and capitalize on a sense of discovery?

61 Category - Differentiation Is heritage conservation a key component of the center city revitalization strategy?

62 Category - Differentiation Is the center city where there is a concentration of buildings with meaning?

63 Category – Pedestrian Orientation Are there people on the street?

64 Category - Pedestrian Orientation Is the center city in active use 18 hours a day?

65 Category - Pedestrian Orientation Are automobiles appropriately accommodated but not at the expense of pedestrians?

66 Category - Incrementalism Is there avoidance of a “success only” mentality?

67 Category - Incrementalism Is there a fundamental strategy and understanding that economic change is incremental?

68 Category - Incrementalism Is physical change incremental?

69 Category - Incrementalism Has the center city maintained a sense of evolution?

70 Category - Incrementalism Are there multiple catalysts for change?

71 Category - Incrementalism It there a “trickle-up” rather than a quick fix/big fix mentality?

72 Category – Forward Thinking Is center city capitalizing on locationally indifferent businesses?

73 Category - Forward Thinking Is the center city capitalizing on growth sector businesses?

74 Category - Forward Thinking Does center city have businesses that are connected nationally?

75 Category - Forward Thinking Does center city have businesses that are connected internationally?

76 Category - Forward Thinking Is there a center city strategy for economic globalization?

77 Category - Forward Thinking Is there a conscious effort to resist cultural globalization?

78 Category - Forward Thinking Is there technological connectivity center city?

79 Category - Forward Thinking Is public transportation being reestablished with center city as its nexus?

80 Is the center city a fun place to live, work, shop and play?

Thank you very much © Donovan Rypkema, 2011 Heritage Strategies International