"I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can."
- George Bernard Shaw


Download a copy of the summary / press release of the 2007 National Black Friday Downtown Survey here.

Participants in the 2007 "Community and Countryside" workshop in Culpeper, Virginia: click here to download a copy of Kennedy Smith's session on retail mix and franchise design in historic areas.

Participants in the 2007 Texas Downtown Revitalization Conference: click here to download a copy of Kennedy Smith's breakout session, "Creating a Dynamic Business Mix".

Download Kennedy Smith's chapters on pedestrian malls and movie theatres, published in the Encyclopedia of American Urban History (2007, SAGE Publications).

Download Kennedy Smith's recent article "Public-Private Development Finance", in the May 2007 issue of Main Street News.

Download Kennedy Smith's recent article "Historic Preservation Meets Community Development", in the Summer 2007 issue of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Communities and Banking journal.

Participants in the fall 2006 Illinois Main Street Conference: click here to download a copy of Kennedy Smith's keynote presentation (approx. 3.4 MB).

The amount of energy that it takes to manufacture eight bricks, haul them to a construction site, and place them in a wall is equal to the amount of energy in a gallon of gasoline. Want to know how much energy the bricks in your building embody? Download this spreadsheet.

Kelo v. The City of New London: What the Supreme Court's eminent domain ruling means for America's main streets.