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Local/Municipal Tools
Proposals
for Revitalizing Downtown Worcester 
( 100KB / 14 pages )
Chattanooga, TN, Dayton, OH, Des Moines, IA, and Providence, RI are used
as comparative examples of challenges of downtown renewal.
Honan
Block Restoration, Woonsocket
See “before and after” photos and read more about how historic
preservation tax credits were used to restore this key downtown Woonsocket
structure.
Springfield, MA Business Improvement District
Model
Mixed Use Development District
( 33KB / 8 pages )
State Tools
Business
Improvement Districts
( 47KB / 20 pages )
A guide to establishing a BID in Massachusetts: This 20-page DHCD “how
to” publication, includes an appendix containing a copy of M.G.L.
Ch. 40 O § 1-10.
Mill
Building Re-Use
A Survey of Current Mill Conditions and the Market for Mill Space Published
by the RI Statewide Planning Program, February 2001.
Transfer
of Development Rights (TDR)
( 699KB / 58 pages )
Everything you ever needed to know about TDRs! Published by RI Department
of Environmental Management, this 58-page report details how TDR’s
work, where they have been successful, how to develop a TDR ordinance,
and examples from Acton, MA, the Cape Cod Commission, the NJ Pinelands,
and Bounder County, CO.
South
County Design Manual
Not just for Rhode Island! This award-winning publication published by
the RI Department of Environmental Management illustrates how methods
to control suburban sprawl (“smart growth, sustainable design,”
etc.) can be implemented in local towns, and depicts projected results.
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