Sample First Assignment:
Initial Questions on Rivertown

To initially acquaint students with information needed for various Rivertown exercises, they can be asked to research and answer the following questions.

Assignment 1: Information on Rivertown

Due: ____________________, beginning of period

Your name: ____________________________

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After reading Appendices A and B of the book, Planning and Community Development (Tyler and Ward, 2011) and resources found at the Web site, http://rivertownsim.com/2014, answer the following questions:

1. What is the approximate population of the City of Rivertown?

2. List three problems found in Rivertown's downtown.

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3. Who is the manager of the First National Bank of Rivertown?

4. Briefly describe Rivertown's planning director.

5. Describe the best-known academic programs found at Reliance College.

6. What is the current use of the Biltmore Farmstead?

7. Which building in Rivertown's downtown would you say requires the most attention from the city's government? Explain why you feel this way.

8. Where is the location of the city's high school?

9. What is the current market value of the Wenkels Pharmacy building?
...(Hint: Use clickable sketch of downtown.)

10. What would you propose as a significant initial strategy for the revitalization of Rivertown?
...(Feel free to present your own idea based on a reading and analysis of the information researched.)