Neighborhoods are at their best when “ Main Street ” pulses with the activities that bring a community alive—residential, retail, entertainment, services, public facilities and common areas.  Older Main Streets have special opportunities for adaptive reuse—with buildings that are ideally suited to retrofitting multiple uses in one structure.  Cities and towns undergoing redevelopment in their downtowns often view mixed-used development as a way to catalyze Main Street, energizing it with shopping, dining, culture and entertainment.  There are several financial tools available for Main Street redevelopment and if brought together in the right way, for the right uses, they can do the job.  This course explores the following topics:

• Mixed financing: the right recipe
• Taxes and real estate development
• Financing tools for mixed-use development