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1Course Introduction
2Background on North End Community1958 North End Urban Renewal Plan. pp. 1 - R-26.

Brightwood/Memorial Square Neighborhood Plans.

North End Strategic Plan (2003).

Springfield Practicum Final Report, 2004.
3Economic Development Theories, Regions and Neighborhoods as Economic UnitsAmazon logo Barnes and Ledebur. The New Regional Economies. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998, pp. 19-38. ISBN: 0761909397.

Amazon logo Malizia and Feser. Understanding Local Economic Development. New Brunswick, NJ: Center for Urban Policy Research, 1999, pp. 51-55, 81-90, 123-133, 174-182, 195-201, 222-228, and 244-257. ISBN: 0882851632.

Amazon logo Wiewel, Brown, and Morris. "The Linkage Between Regional and Neighborhood Development." In Approaches to Economic Development. Edited by Blair and Reese. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1999, pp. 113-129. ISBN: 0761918841.

Amazon logo Novak. "Neighborhood Initiative and the Regional Economy." In Approaches to Economic Development. Edited by Blair and Reese. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1999, pp. 149-156. ISBN: 0761918841.
4Review/Discussion of North End Field Trip Project Resources and Work PlanAmulya, Joy. "Summary of Critical Moments Reflection." Center for Reflective Community Practice Working Paper 2004-06. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2004. (PDF)
5Regional Context: Greater Springfield EconomyWestern Mass Economic Review 2004.

Regional Labor Market Profile, Hampden County, Summer 2004. (PDF)

Porter, Michael E. Regional Competitiveness in the Pioneer Valley. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness, 2003. (PDF)

Pioneer Valley Plan for Progress: Economic Strategies for the Region. (PDF - 2.3 MB)
6Springfield Political ContextHarry Spence HCED Lunch Talk, February 3, 2005.

Keough, Robert, and Michael Jonas. "Down but not Out." Commonwealth Magazine, Winter 2004.

Roche, B. J. "Under Control?" Commonwealth Magazine, Summer 2005.

Tantraphol, Roselyn. "Springfield: A City Under Siege." Hartford Courant, April 17, 2005.
7Work SessionAmazon logo Reese and Fasenfest. "What works best: Values and evaluation of local economic development policy." In Approaches to Economic Development. Edited by Blair and Reese. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1999, pp. 278-291. ISBN: 0761918841.

Organizational Research Services. Theory of Change: A Practical Tool for Action, Results and Learning, 2004, pp. 1-17.

Amazon logo Ross and Freidman. "The emerging third wave: New economic development strategies." In Local Economic Development: Strategies for a Changing Economy. Edited by Fosler. Washington, DC: International City/County Management Association, pp. 125-137. ISBN: 0873260856.
8Analytical Tools to Support Evaluation: Economic Development Refection Tools (Critical Moments)Mt. Auburn Associates. Fall River Economic Development Strategy.

Hammer, Siler George Associates. Brockton Supermarket Study.

Karl F. Seidman Consulting Services, and BAE. Real Estate Market Analysis: Old Central Fire Station Property, Marlborough, MA, 2003, pp. 19-29.

Amazon logo Clark, Peggy, and Amy J. Kays. Labor Market Profiling. Washington, DC: Aspen Institute, 1997, pp. 9-34. ISBN: 0898432170.

Amuyla, Joy. "Summary of Critical Moments Reflection."

———. "What is Reflective Practice?"
9Work Session
10Work Session (cont.)
11Work Session: Review of Preliminary Finding
12Review of Findings/Draft Presentation
13Reflection on Client Meeting and Decisions; Organization of Next Work Phase
14ED Policies and Practices: Enterprise and Small Business DevelopmentAmazon logo Blakely. Planning Local Economic Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2002, chapter 8, pp. 217-235 and 248-249. ISBN: 0761924582.

Amazon logo Edgcomb, Elaine, and Joyce Klein. Opening Opportunities, Building Ownership: Fulfilling the Promise. Washington, DC: Aspen Institute, chapters 1 and 2, pp. 9-31 (chapters 3 and 4 optional). ISBN: 0898434300. (PDF - 1.2 MB)

Kumar, Tara. "Informal microenterprise in the North End community-Springfield, MA." MCP Thesis, MIT, 2004, pp. 43-106.
15ED Policies and Practices: Workforce DevelopmentFleischer. Extending Ladders: Findings from the Annie E. Casey Foundation's Jobs Initiative, pp. 4-27. (PDF - 1.8 MB)

Mt. Auburn Associates. Workforce Development Strategy for Weinland Park Neighborhood.

Proscio, Tony. Structures of Opportunity: Developing the Neighborhood Jobs Initiative in Fort Worth, Texas. Oakland, CA: Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, 2002, pp. 1-29.
16Work Session
17Application of Models; Preliminary Ideas; Critical Moments Training
18ED Policies and Practices: Real Estate and Commercial District DevelopmentAmazon logo Blakely. Planning Local Economic Development. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2002, chapter 7, pp. 179-196. ISBN: 0761924582.

Martínez Hernández, Hernandez, Manuel Martinez. "Impact of Commercial Development on inner City Revitalization: An Analysis of Projects in Boston." M.C.P Thesis, MIT, 2001, pp. 20-40, 58-65, 89-95, and 115-124.

Seidman, Karl. Revitalizing Commerce for American Cities. Fannie Mae Foundation, 2004, chapters 1-3 and St Paul Case Studies, pp. 3-14 and 59-72.

Amazon logo Simons, Robert A. Turning Brownfields Into Greenbacks: Developing and Financing Environmentally Contaminated Urban Real Estate. Washington, DC: Urban Land Institute, 1998, pp. 100-110. ISBN: 0874208513.
19ED Policies and Practices: Capital Market and FinancingAmazon logo Seidman. Economic Development Finance. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004, chapter 1 and 10, pp. 5-18 and 217-239. ISBN: 0761927093.

Benjamin, Rubin, and Zielenbach. Community Development Financial Institutions: Current Issues and Future Prospects. (PDF)

Grzywinski. The New Old Fashioned Banking, Harvard Business Review. (May-June 1991): 87-98.
20Work Session: Formulating and Detailing Proposals
21Work Session: Plan Formulation and Refinement
22Work Session: Preparing for Client Meeting
23Review/Feedback on Initial Plans
24Work Session: Finalize Plan
25Trial Run of Plan Presentation
26Course Conclusion and ReflectionsAmulya, Joy. "Summary of Critical Moments Reflection." Center for Reflective Community Practice Working Paper 2004-06. Cambridge, MA: MIT, 2004. (PDF)
27Final Class

 








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