Business Improvement Districts have had an influence on neighborhoods. So have questions about who they help? In the readings for this week, what is your assessment of these units? (350 words))
Capitalist Take-Over of Government
CASE STUDIES: 1. Local Community Development Corporations and Faith-Based Organizations
2. CASE STUDY: MetroTech Business Improvement District READINGS
READINGS:
• Cnaan, Ram, and Stephanie C. Boddie. 2002. Charitable Choice and Faith- Based Welfare: A Call for Social Work. Social Work 47(3): 224-235.
• Stoecker, Randy. 1997. The CDC Model of Urban Redevelopment: A Critique and an Alternative. Journal of Urban Affairs 19(1): 1-22.
• NYU’s Furman Center for Urban Policy. “The Benefits of Business Improvement Districts: Evidence from New York City”. July 2007. (https://furmancenter.org/files/publications/FurmanCenterBIDsBrief.pdf)
• Rivlin-Nadler, Max. “Business Improvement Districts Ruin Neighborhoods” in
The Atlantic. February 19, 2016.
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