Readings

Dates of reading assignments can be found on the Calendar page.

Primary Assigned Text:

•  Beer, Andrew, and Terry L. Clower. Globalization, Planning and Local Economic Development. Routledge, 2020. ISBN: 978113881031.

Other Books That May Be Worth Owning if You Can Get Them Easily:

•  Florida, Richard. The Rise of the Creative Class, Revisited. Basic Books, 2012. ISBN: 9780465042487. 
•  Florida, Richard. The New Urban Crisis. Basic Books, 2017. ISBN: 9781541644120. 
•  Jacobs, Jane. The Economy of Cities. Vintage Books, 2016. ISBN: 9780394705842. 
•  Marshall, Alex. The Surprising Design of Market Economies. University of Texas Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780292756755.

 Fiscal Impact Studies:

• Avondale Estates (PDF) (2018)
• Bohannon Menlo Park (PDF) (2010)
• Chocolate Factory Mansfield (PDF) (2014)
• Dascomb Road Andover (PDF) (2018)
• Dascomb Road Peer Review (PDF - 1.35 MB) (2018)
• First Light Taunton (PDF) (2012)
• Hayden Ave. Lexington (PDF) (2017)
• Montpelier (VT) Fiscal Impacts of Growth (PDF) (2005)
• Northland Newton (PDF) (2018)
• Northland Newton Peer Review (PDF - 1.62 MB) (2018)
• Thompsonville (CT) Transit Fiscal Impact Study (PDF - 1.23 MB) (2005)
• Waterfront West (PDF) (2017)

Other Readings:

• Assembly Square Mixed Use District Zoning
• Assembly Square Planning Study (PDF - 4.4 MB) (2000)
• Assembly Square Rendered Site Plans (PDF - 15.01 MB) and Design Guidelines (PDF - 25.24 MB) (2014)
• Assembly Square Revitalization Plan (PDF - 8.76 MB) (2002) 
• Axelrod, Susan. “Thompson's Point Turns the Corner.” Maine Magazine, May 2019.
• Busby, Chris. “That’s Our Dump! [2]” The Bollard, Nov. 1, 2016.
• Cambridge Incentive Zoning Nexus and Jobs Linkage Study (PDF - 1.43 MB) (2019) 
• Citizens Advocating Responsible Environmental Solutions, Inc., v. City of Marco Island, 959 So.2d 203 (2007)
• City of Boca Raton v. State, 595 So.2d 25 (1992)
• City of Pittsburgh v. Alco Parking Corporation, 417 U.S. 369 (1974)
• City of Portland [ME] One Year Action Plan (PDF) FY 2020 (FFY2019)
• City of Portland [ME] Transportation Hub Link Feasibility Study (PDF - 2.72 MB) (2016)
• Dolan v. City of Tigard, 512 U.S. 374 (1994)
• Edwards, Mary. “State and Local Revenues Beyond the Property Tax (PDF).” Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2006.
• Ehrlich v. City of Culver City, 911 P.2d 429 (1996)
• Elmer, Vicki. “Bonds and Borrowing (PDF).” Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (undated).
• Evans-Cowley, Jennifer. “Development Exactions: Process and Planning Issues (PDF).” Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2006.
• Gates, Moses. “Residential Property Taxation in New York City (PDF).” Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2019. 
• Germán, Lourdes, and Allison Ehrich Bernstein. “Land Value Capture: Tools to Finance Our Urban Future.” Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2018. 
• Hanson, Andrew. “Taxes and Economic Development: An Update on the State of the Economics Literature (PDF).” Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2019. 
• Jacobus, Rick. “Inclusionary Housing: Creating and Maintaining Equitable Communities (PDF - 5.71 MB).” Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2015. 
• Kotval, Zenia, and John Mullin. “Fiscal Impact Analysis: Methods, Cases, and Intellectual Debate (PDF).” Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2006. 
• LaVecchia, Olivia, and Stacy Mitchell. “Amazon’s Next Frontier: Your City’s Purchasing (PDF).” Institute for Local Self-Reliance, 2018.
•  Leigh, Nancey Green, and Edward J. Blakeley. Planning Local Economic Development, sixth edition. Sage Publishing, 2016. ISBN: 9781506363998.
• Merriman, David. “Improving Tax Increment Financing (TIF) for Economic Development.” Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2018. 
• Mitchell, Stacy. “Monopoly Power and the Decline of Small Businesses: The Case for Restoring America’s Once Robust Antitrust Policies (PDF - 4.02 MB).” Institute for Local Self-Reliance, 2016.
• Narrative History of the CDBG Program in Portland (PDF)
• Nielsen, Anders. “That’s Our Dump! [1]” The Bollard, Aug. 9, 2011.
• Nollan v. California Coastal Commission, 483 U.S. 825 (1987)
• Nordlinger v. Hahn, 505 U.S. 1 (1992)
• Overton, Michael, and Robert Bland. “Exploring the Linkage between Economic Base, Revenue Growth, and Revenue Stability in Large Municipal Governments (PDF).” Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2017.
• Ragsdale v. City of Memphis, 70 S.W.3d 56 (2001)
• Seidman, Karl F. Economic Development Finance. Sage Publishing, 2005. ISBN: 9780761927099.
• State of Maine Economic Development Strategy (PDF - 5.02 MB) (2019)
• Theodos, Brett, and Brady Meixell, “How Chicago and Cook County Can Leverage Opportunity Zones for Community Benefit (PDF).” Urban Institute, 2019. 
• Thompson's Point website
• Town of Brookline [MA] Capital Improvements Program 2019-2024 (PDF)
• Town of Brookline [MA] FY2020 Budget (PDF - 1.40 MB)
• Village of Euclid, Ohio v. Ambler Realty Co., 272 U.S. 365 (1926)
• Willams, Stockton, et al. “The Economics of Inclusionary Development (PDF - 6.58 MB).” Urban Land Institute, 2016.