Workshop: Mastering the Main Street Revitalization Approach

Bio: Nicholas P. Kalogeresis has been a program officer with the National Trust for Historic Preservation Main Street Center (NTMSC) since March 1998. At the Center, Mr. Kalogeresis is a specialist in downtown planning; historic preservation planning; and downtown design management. In his tenure with the NTMSC, he has worked with the City of Chicago (IL) Main Street Initiative; the Wright-Dunbar neighborhood in Dayton (OH) the Fond du Lac/North Avenue commercial corridors in Milwaukee (WI); and the Main Street Oakland County (MI) and Michigan Main Street programs. Additionally, Mr. Kalogeresis has completed assignments in Detroit, MΙ; Indianapolis, IΝ; Philadelphia, PΑ.; and for state Main Street programs and local communities in Kentucky, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois and South Carolina. Mr. Kalogeresis has been a frequent contributor for the NTMSC’s Main Street News and has written several articles on topics such as downtown visioning processes, planning and zoning, and land use regulations. Before joining the Center, he was the suburban coordinator with the Illinois Main Street Program for two years. During that time, he developed and delivered technical services to Main Street communities in the six-county Chicago metropolitan area. Before joining Illinois Main Street, he led a Main Street program in Ottawa, Illinois, for four years. He is also currently a sitting commissioner of the Village of Oak Park (IL) Historic Preservation Commission and has participated in other planning initiatives in the Village of Oak Park.

Education: Mr. Kalogeresis holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Elmhurst College (IL), and a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Key Publications: “FORM-BASED ZONING: WHERE THE NEW URBANISM MEETS MAIN STREET.” MAIN STREET NEWS. March 2008. National Trust Main Street Center. “THE ROLES OF MASTER PLANNING IN MAIN STREET DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION.” NEWSLETTER OF THE KANSAS CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION. August 2007 “THE RISE OF THE SUBURBAN DOWNTOWN.” MAIN STREET NEWS. APRIL 2005. NUMBER 227. National Trust Main Street Center. “ZONING PRACTICES IN TRADITIONAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.” MAIN STREET NEWS. NOVEMBER 2004. NUMBER 214. National Trust Main Street Center. “VISIONING, PART II: DOWNTOWN PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.” MAIN STREET NEWS. AUGUST 2000. NUMBER 168. National Main Street Center. “VISIONING PART I: CHARTING THE FUTURE FOR MAIN STREET COMMUNITIES.” MAIN STREET NEWS. NOVEMBER 1999. NUMBER 158. National Main Street Center.

Other Publications: BOOK REVIEW OF STALKING DETROIT. MAIN STREET NEWS. FEBRUARY 2003. NUMBER 194. National Main Street Center.

Past Assignments: PRESENTATION, INNOVATIVE BUILDING CODE APPLICATIONS: ENCOURAGING SMART GROWTH AND COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT”. Seventh Annual Partners for Smart Growth Conference, Washington DC; February 7-9, 2008. PRESENTATION; “DOWNTOWN PLANNING AND ZONING PRACTICES IN TRADITIONAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS”. Annual Conference of Nebraska Chapter of the American Planning Association. Kearney, Nebraska, April 6, 2005. PRESENTATION, “PARTNERS ON MAIN STREET.” Planning at the Crossroads: Making Great Communities Happen in the Heartland, Upper Midwest Planning Conference. Indianapolis, Indiana; October 12-15, 2004. PRESENTATION, “DEVELOPING THE FUTURE DOWNTOWN.” CNU XII.: "Blocks, Streets, and Buildings Today: The New City Beautiful.” Congress for the New Urbanism. Chicago, Illinois, June 10, 2004. PRESENTATION; “DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT MASTER PLANS”. National Main Streets Conference, National Trust for Historic Preservation. Albuquerque, New Mexico; May 7-12, 2004. PRESENTATION: “EFFECTIVE DOWNTOWN PLANNING: IMPLEMENTATION MEASURES”. National Town Meeting on Main Street, National Trust for Historic Preservation. Cincinnati, Ohio, May 15-21, 2003. PRESENTATION: “DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE DOWNTOWN COMPREHENSIVE PLAN”. National Town Meeting on Main Street, National Trust for Historic Preservation. Forth Worth, Texas, April 7-10, 2002.