As more Americans seek employment and housing downtown it has become more necessary for these areas to provide entertainment amenities. This webinar will focus on ways for downtowns to identify what types of entertainment best suit their inhabitants and how these amenities can be used to differentiate their downtowns from other districts.
For supplemental materials, please visit the session page.
http://localgovernment.extension.wisc.edu/program/media/rwd111110.flv
Are there alternatives for funding economic and community development programming in an era of levy limits and stressed budgets? A Business Improvement District (BID) may be one such funding mechanism. Find out the basics about creating these special assessment districts and how they have been used by communities throughout the state since 1984.
Moderated by Philip Freeburg, Local Government Center. Presented by Charles Law, Ph.D., Local Government Center Director.
Materials:
Handout – PDF
