Downtown Success Indicators: A Review of the Literature

August 2014

By: Manish Singh, Mary Edwards, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

https://extension.illinois.edu/sites/default/files/downtown_success_indicators.pdf
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Downtown Revitalization

This report provides a synthesis and analysis of the existing literature related to successful downtowns. It groups indicators into 10 categories covering retail development, housing, organization and partnerships, traffic generators, preservation and rehabilitation, immigration and diversity, multifunctionality, downtown design, branding and promotion, and finance, employment, and density.