[MainstreetManagers] August Training: Donovan Rypkema

[Buffy Hughes]

Good afternoon.  Below is bio of Donovan Rypkema, and what he will discuss Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.

Donovan D. Rypkema is principal of PlaceEconomics, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate and economic development-consulting firm. The work of the firm is at the nexus of historic preservation and economics. He has undertaken assignments for public and non-profit sector clients in 49 US states. He also teaches a course on the economics of historic preservation at the University of Pennsylvania where he received the 2008 G. Holmes Perkins Award for Distinguished Teaching. Rypkema was educated at Columbia University receiving a Master of Science degree in Historic Preservation. He is author of several publications including Community Initiated Development, The Economics of Rehabilitation, and the Feasibility Assessment Manual for Reusing Historic Buildings. Rypkema's book, The Economics of Historic Preservation: A Community Leaders Guide is widely used by preservationists nationwide and has been translated in to Russian and Korean. Rypkema has worked with such groups as the Urban Land Institute, the Mayors Institute on City Design, the American Planning Association, Smart Growth America, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the International Downtown Association. Federal Government clients have included the U.S. Army, the Department of State, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Interior, and the Advisory Council for Historic Preservation for whom he prepared a report entitled Measuring Economic Impacts of Historic Preservation. In the fall of 2012 Rypkema received the Louise du Pont Crowninshield Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The Crowninshield Award is the nations highest preservation honor and awarded for lifetime contribution to historic preservation in the United States.  Mr. Rypkema also lectured at the 2013 Placemaking Conference in Norman, Oklahoma, hosted by The University of Oklahoma Institute for Quality Communities on April 3, 2013.  Please enjoy the link - http://iqc.ou.edu/2013/05/10/donovanrypkema/

Tuesday, August 7th @ 6:00PM: Public event with a presentation that focuses on economic and historic preservation findings from various Main Street programs.  Feel free to invite board members, city officials, and interested citizens.

Wednesday, August 8th @ 8:30AM: Interactive session for Main Street Executive Directors titled "Measuring Your Downtown."

Please contact me if you have any questions.

Have a good day,
Buffy

Buffy Hughes
State Main Street Director
Oklahoma Department of Commerce
900 N. Stiles Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73104
E: Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov
P: 405.815.5249
C: 405.664.1260
OKcommerce.gov/main-street



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