America Downtown: New Thinking. New Life.
Now, you can get the help you need to reverse your downtown's downward spiral and breathe new life into the heart of your community. America Downtown: New Thinking. New Life. brings together the political leadership of the National League of Cities and the downtown expertise of HyettPalma, Inc. Together, they offer individualized assistance and a combination of strengths not available anywhere else.
Services Tailored to Fit Your Community
America Downtown: New Thinking. New Life. is a fee-based comprehensive downtown assistance program. The program provides direct, hands-on help to city officials who want to start, refocus, or energize their downtown enhancement efforts. The assistance package is designed to let you determine the kind of help that's best for your downtown. Get your downtown enhancement effort up and running or redirected with a solid foundation defined through:
Downtown Audits -- Exclusively for small communities that want to define a downtown vision and identify actions that should be taken to reach that vision.
Downtown Action Agenda and Market Analysis -- Determines the state of your downtown's health, establishes tangible goals, builds a partnership between the local elected body and the business community, and defines a success-oriented course of action for enhancement.
Government Official's Network -- This is a revitalization clinic held each year during NLC's Congress of Cities, giving city and town officials an opportunity to discuss downtown problems and solutions with HyettPalma.
Why It Works
America Downtown: New Thinking. New Life. provides the essentials you need for downtown success.
- The assistance you will receive is action-oriented; not another passive downtown plan or study, but an aggressive course of action that you can launch immediately.
- The recommendations you will receive are pragmatic; tailored to your local resources so that they can be realistically applied.
- The solutions you will receive are success-oriented; designed to improve your downtown's economy so that the results are evident and long lasting.
- The on-site assistance you will receive is inclusive; providing a forum that brings public and private sector constituents together to identify downtown issues, define a downtown vision, and take needed actions in partnership.
Publications
America's Downtown Renaissance Features case studies of eighteen communities for which a Downtown enhancement strategy was completed. It addresses issues and recommendations that are commonly faced by many Downtowns.
How to Revitalize Your Downtown Presents an action-oriented approach for mapping and implementing a blueprint to revitalize your Downtown by using tested, success-oriented strategies.
NCW Articles
Indiana Cities Embrace Downtown's Art, History and Culture (10/11/04)
Indiana Downtowns Change Parking Habits, Direct Traffic (06/21/04)
Downtown Partnerships: Local, State Governments and State Leagues (05/17/04)
In Indiana, Downtown Investment Is Paying Off (03/08/04)
For more information or to obtain publications about the America Downtown Program, contact Bonnie Mann at (202) 626-3125 or mann@nlc.org. You are also welcome to visit HyettPalma's website at www.hyettpalma.com to purchase additional publications or to learn more about making your Downtown renaissance a reality.
HyettPalma
Formed in 1985, the firm has served hundreds of downtowns throughout all 50 states and is well-known for recommending pragmatic, action-oriented strategies that bring a national perspective to local needs. HyettPalma is the only national firm specializing in the economic renaissance of business districts. The principals of the firm, Dolores Palma and Doyle Hyett, are internationally acclaimed consultants, authors, and featured speakers with over 45 years of combined experience in the fields of Downtown enhancement and city planning. HyettPalma has worked with NLC on downtown issues since 1987 and collaborated with NLC on the downtown pilot program, Accepting the Challenge: The Rebirth of America's Downtowns.