The Homegrown Downtown
Redevelopment in Asheville, North Carolina
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12438604 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Elizabeth Strom (0000-0002-6115-8181, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA, corresponding author), Robert J Kerstein (University of Tampa), Robert Kerstein (University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 495-521 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Affairs Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1078-0874 • E-ISSN: 1552-8332 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1078087415620305 |
| OpenAlex | W2418350364 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 14 |
The successful transformation of Asheville’s downtown from desolate to vibrant is noteworthy. This article shows how successful redevelopment coalitions have shaped the downtown, with focus on the post-1980 period. In recent decades, public-sector officials and private investors have collaborated to create a downtown rooted in an architecturally significant historic built environment and based on independent business. Those most active have often crossed business, creative, and philanthropic sectors in ways we describe as “social entrepreneurial.” The Asheville downtown coalition differs from the progrowth as well as the populist (progressive) regimes identified in other literature, but offers insights into downtown development efforts as urban governance becomes more fragmented and city development policy more focused on tourism and consumption
Archaeology · Business · Civil engineering · Consumption (sociology · Corporate governance · Downtown · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Private sector · Redevelopment · Social science · Sociology · Tourism · Urban planning · Engineering · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Public Administration · Urban Planning and Governance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies · Finance
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |