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Abstract: Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) have become an increasingly popular urban revitalization tool in the United States over the past twenty years. This public-private partnership has been widely endorsed by BID proponents and urbanists alike, but the effectiveness of this tool has been insufficiently researched. Where research does exist, the focus is on BIDs in larger, healthier citi... read morees. Through an extensive review of the relevant literature, stakeholder interviews, and analysis of BID-published reports, this thesis asks how local, downtown stakeholders perceive the effectiveness of downtown BIDs in mid-sized Rust Belt cities. Interviews with City government representatives, BID representatives, and long-term downtown property owners reveal that the downtown BIDs in the three profiled cities, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, and Cincinnati, have been effective contributors to downtown revitalization efforts. Special attention is given to the context surrounding the impetus to form a BID and the particular programming decisions that have deemed these BIDs effective. Can these three successes be transferred to similar yet struggling downtowns?
Thesis (M.A.)--Tufts University, 2013.
Submitted to the Dept. of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning.
Advisor: Justin Hollander.
Committee: Lorlene Hoyt.
Keyword: Urban planning.read less
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