“Isaac Kremer is an exceptional networker. As he learns of one resource, he eagerly sees ways in which to connect it to another. Another of his keen attributes is his ability to find ways in which to find funding for difficult and often laborious projects. ”
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A nationally recognized downtown revitalization leader, downtowns Isaac managed achieved…
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maman South Miami will open next Tuesday September 10th! The team did an amazing job turning this one around to create a bright, beautiful and…
maman South Miami will open next Tuesday September 10th! The team did an amazing job turning this one around to create a bright, beautiful and…
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Celebrating 7 years this week!! Thanks to amazing current and past clients here and way too many incredible partners and funders to list. You make…
Celebrating 7 years this week!! Thanks to amazing current and past clients here and way too many incredible partners and funders to list. You make…
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Wonderful story about Maman NYC. Ever since they opened in Princeton, we've been very fortunate to have them as part of our business community. In…
Wonderful story about Maman NYC. Ever since they opened in Princeton, we've been very fortunate to have them as part of our business community. In…
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Experience
Education
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Effective Communications by Choice based on the Authentic Partnership™ Model
Roberts & Kay, Inc.
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Real Estate Development Finance Professional
National Development Council
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Community Philanthropy
Appalachian Rural Development Philanthropy Initiative
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Publications
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How COVID-19 Will Leave Main Street Forever Changed
The American Downtown Revitalization Review
This article focused on immediate responses by businesses to challenges posed by the COVID-19 global pandemic. Then some predictions were made for the long-term impact on downtowns.
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Transforming a Neglected Parking Lot in Metuchen, New Jersey
National Main Street Center
The Metuchen Downtown Alliance created a cool, family-friendly public gathering space in “the worst looking spot in town” with the help of just $2,500 in Edward Jones Placemaking on Main Challenge matching grant funds–and lots of ingenuity and elbow grease. Here’s their story and valuable lessons learned.
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Creative Placemaking to Transform a Park in Milwaukee
Main Street Story of the Week, The National Main Street Center
This is the story of how a National Endowment for the Arts gathering in DC inspired the leaders of a small town in Appalachia to connect with those in Milwaukee to transform a neglected park.
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How Tactical Urbanism Can Help Build a #BetterMainStreet
Main Street Story of the Week, The National Main Street Center
As Main Street practitioners have known for some time, in adversity and challenge is opportunity. Government at all levels has no money? No problem. Developers can’t get financing for that next big project downtown? No worries. A do-it-yourself movement has emerged to make changes to places on a shoestring budget. Known as “tactical urbanism,” this incremental approach calls for low cost short-term interventions that transform places for the better within a very short timeframe, while planting…
As Main Street practitioners have known for some time, in adversity and challenge is opportunity. Government at all levels has no money? No problem. Developers can’t get financing for that next big project downtown? No worries. A do-it-yourself movement has emerged to make changes to places on a shoestring budget. Known as “tactical urbanism,” this incremental approach calls for low cost short-term interventions that transform places for the better within a very short timeframe, while planting the seeds for long-term change. Learn how your Main Street can utilize this unique approach in this week’s feature article by Guest Contributor, Isaac Kremer, Executive Director of Downtown Middlesboro.
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Why This Work Matters: Wisdom from the People Who Are Making Communities Better
Wise Fool Press
Why This Work Matters introduces you to the voices of 11 people who are doing the hard work of making communities better. They work in local and state and federal organizations, in governments and nonprofits, in planning, economic development, city management, downtown revitalization and more.
In their own words, as clearly and honestly as they can put in writing, you’ll hear how they manage the frustrations of this work — how they deal with political realities, with shortcomings, with…Why This Work Matters introduces you to the voices of 11 people who are doing the hard work of making communities better. They work in local and state and federal organizations, in governments and nonprofits, in planning, economic development, city management, downtown revitalization and more.
In their own words, as clearly and honestly as they can put in writing, you’ll hear how they manage the frustrations of this work — how they deal with political realities, with shortcomings, with bureaucracy and discouragement. And, maybe more importantly, you’ll hear what they draw on to summon the courage and the bravery to keep at it.
Hopefully, Why This Work Matters will help you find the courage to keep doing your Work That Matters, too.Other authorsSee publication -
How to Transform Your Downtown in 48 Hours
National Main Street Center, Inc.
The idea is simple. Get a bunch of volunteers to carry out low-cost interventions that plant the seeds for long-term change. What better response to shrinking budgets, tight capital markets, and declining civic participation? Get citizens involved in the act revitalizing their town.
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48 Hours, 48 Months, 48 Years: A Planning Innovation
Main Street Now, The Journal of The National Trust Main Street Center
Through an innovative planning initiative called the 48x48x48 Project, Oyster Bay on Long Island, New York, incorporated "pop-up concepts and public participation to show people the difference two days can make in the downtown. Short-term actions immediately changed the way people viewed one of the most neglected areas in the downtown. After 48 hours of change, Oyster Bay saw the beginning of new building improvements and new businesses. Plans for the next 48 weeks and 48 years have been put…
Through an innovative planning initiative called the 48x48x48 Project, Oyster Bay on Long Island, New York, incorporated "pop-up concepts and public participation to show people the difference two days can make in the downtown. Short-term actions immediately changed the way people viewed one of the most neglected areas in the downtown. After 48 hours of change, Oyster Bay saw the beginning of new building improvements and new businesses. Plans for the next 48 weeks and 48 years have been put forward so the change will keep on going.
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Integrating historic preservation and community development for renewal in areas of concentrated poverty : a case study of the Ransom Place Historic District in Indianapolis, Indiana / by Isaac David Kremer.
Thesis (M.A.)--Cornell University, May 2005.
Case study on historic preservation efforts in the Ransom Place neighborhood located in Indianapolis, Indiana. This neighborhood and case study is utilized as a theory-building exercise to draw some conclusions on how to infuse community development activities with a historic preservation consciousness, and to use an awareness of local history and culture (or what I call a preservation consciousness) as a tool for renewal – especially in severely distressed areas and in conditions of…
Case study on historic preservation efforts in the Ransom Place neighborhood located in Indianapolis, Indiana. This neighborhood and case study is utilized as a theory-building exercise to draw some conclusions on how to infuse community development activities with a historic preservation consciousness, and to use an awareness of local history and culture (or what I call a preservation consciousness) as a tool for renewal – especially in severely distressed areas and in conditions of concentrated poverty.
Honors & Awards
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Great American Main Street Award
Main Street America
Metuchen was one of eight communities in the country selected as a semifinalist through a highly competitive juried process in September 2022. They were named one of three winners at the Main Street Now conference in Boston on March 27, 2023.
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One to Watch
National Main Street Center
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30 Under 30 on Long Island
Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce
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Eagle Scout Award
Boy Scouts of America
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