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CaRDI Main Street Educational & Technical Assistance Program Download file... |
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NYS Empire Poll Findings CaRDI and the Local Government Program participated in the Empire State Poll of 2004 by including questions relating to main street issues and community concerns. The 2004 Empire State Poll (ESP 2004) is the second annual general survey of adults,... |
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Ways to Assist Neighborhood Commercial Districts Ways to Assist Neighborhood Commercial Districts {The following is a reprint from MainStreet News - National Main Street Center and from a presentation given to the Urban Forum II} Donovan D. Rypkema Principal - Place Economics Drypkema@PlaceEconomics.com Here is a... |
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Main Street Revitalization Why are "Main Streets" important and why should community leaders be actively supporting revitalization programs? |
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Consumer Demographics and Marketing Strategies Better knowledge of your customers and the competition you face in serving them is essential to developing winning strategies. In this workshop we explain the market analysis process we provide to communities. |
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Formula Business Restrictions Several communities have banned certain types of formula businesses. These laws do not prevent a chain store from coming in, but they do require that the incoming chain not look or operate like any other branch in the country. This has proved a significant deterrent to chains, which generally refuse to veer from their standardized, cookie-cutter approach. |
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State Agency Locations Copyright 2003. National Main Street Center, National Trust for Historic Preservation. Too often, state agencies actually contribute to urban sprawl by unnecessarily abandoning locations in city centers. In smaller communities, state agencies may move to the outskirts of town.... |
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Tips on Creating Festive Downtown Sidewalk Sales A sidewalk sale can entice people to your downtown, boost retail sales, and help create an enthusiasm for downtown activities that lasts well after the sale ends - if it is done right. Otherwise, not only will attendance be... |
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Enhancing Downtown's Sense of Place Why would a person choose your downtown as a destination with so many other alternatives available? Certainly many, if not most, of the goods and services offered there can easily be obtained elsewhere. Your main street probably does not... |
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Retail Caps Copyright 2003. National Main Street Center, National Trust for Historic Preservation. Superstores, or "big-box," retailers, account for more than half of all the new retail space being built in America today. These stores range in size from 90,000 to... |
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Pedestrian-Friendly Cities Walking, the most widely utilized from of transportation in the world, has become increasingly difficult in large and small cities. The benefits of a pedestrian-friendly city are abundant. By reducing the necessity of the car for all trips, goals... |
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Main Street Partnering What is the most integral ingredient for a healthy downtown to possess? Professionals working in the field know that the complex array of economic, political, location and cultural forces at play in any downtown, together with the fact that... |
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Keeping a Grocery Store Downtown Grocery stores are often an important anchor for downtown, bringing a significant amount of customer traffic to the center of a town. Downtown grocers often serve a sizable in-town market that includes elderly and residents without cars. Many of... |
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Downtown Development Key Trends & Practices The purpose of this article is to present some of the key downtown development trends and practices in the United States. These trends are based on the author's extensive research, writings, and consulting activities in the field of downtown... |
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Downtown Retailing Downtown Retailers Must Take Responsibility for Their Own Success What sets successful downtown retailers apart from their struggling counterparts? According to Philip Jones, a retail consultant from Canada, it is their tendency to accept responsibility for their own futures,... |
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Downtown parking: Reining in the 800-pound gorilla Parking is the 800-pound gorilla of downtown development. No other issue has the potential to push the buttons of downtown development professionals, business owners, property owners, and the public as does parking. Based on my research and consulting experience... |
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Business Improvement Districts: Issues in Alternative Local Public Service Provision (this tool is an excerpt from a larger research paper available in its entirety at the site listed below) Throughout the country and in cities such as New York, San Francisco, Cleveland, and Philadelphia, Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) have... |
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Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) from UW Extension's "Lets Talk Business" newsletter series, March 2001 This article helps us understand BIDs by looking at what they are, how they are created and function, their history and distribution in the state. In 1984, the state... |
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14 Retail Tips to Attract New Shoppers William McLeod Wash your windows at least once a week; wash your front door daily because it is so visible. Polish your brass door handle or scrub your aluminum knob weekly. First impressions matter. Scrape off old stickers from windows... |
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