1. Solving Urban Problems
Gentrifying Inner Cities

2. Make Downtown Attractive
Increase access to Central Business District
Improved Roads and Highways
Widen / Build Highways
Better Mass Transit Options
Subway Systems
Light Rail

3. Make Downtown Entertaining
Increase after hours & weekend foot traffic
Stadiums and Arenas
Shopping Districts
Arts
Community Events
Free parking late and on Sundays

4. Make the City Safer More Foot / Horse / Bike Patrols
Police have greater presence on streets
“Broken Windows” Policing
Aggressively enforce vandalism laws

5. Improve Urban Schools Entice students to attend public schools
Magnet and Charter Programs
IB Programs
STEM Programs
Arts Programs
College Prep Programs

6. Fix Dilapidated Commercial Areas
Use Eminent Domain to acquire dilapidated properties
Kelo v. New London, CT
Work with developers to build new complexes
Tax Increment Financing
Tax Rebates and subsidies

7. Fix Dilapidated Neighborhoods
Crack down on slumlords
Many receive huge fines or even jail time
Encourage Middle Class settlement
Give incentives to government employees to move into rundown neighborhoods
Low cost loans / Loan forgiveness

8. Manage Infill Developments
Work with landowners and developers to create plans for desirable infill development
Work with public to find best use
Create mixed use developments
Retail
Offices
Housing

9. As Neighborhoods Gentrify
Free Market takes over
House flippers rehab old houses and sell them to new buyers
Homebuilders scrape off old houses and build new houses
People buy houses and update them
Desirability “bleeds” into nearby neighborhoods

10. Effects of Gentrification on Cities
Demographics of the city have changed:
More single young people
More DINKs (Dual Income No Kids)
More Empty-nesters
Less poverty
Minority Populations smaller

11. Effects of Gentrification on Suburbs
Demographics have changed:
More minorities
More poverty
More homelessness
Suburbs inherit urban problems
Filtering and rentals
More dilapidated housing