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shopsteading

shopsteading noun: the sale by the government of abandoned shops to entrepreneurs who are willing to renovate them and operate there, as part of an urban revitalization policy. Also the present participle and gerund of shopstead.

Noun

shopsteading (uncountable)

  1. The sale by the government of abandoned shops to entrepreneurs who are willing to renovate them and operate there, as part of an urban revitalization policy.
    • The policy tools range from land banking and infrastructure provision to townscaping and shopsteading (Stokvis, 1984; Blakely, 1989).1991 December 10, Steven C Deller, James C McConnon Jr, John Holden, Kenneth Stone, “The measurement of a community's retail market”, in Journal of the Community Development Society
    • It was such a success in Baltimore, Maryland, that the city expanded the concept in 1977 to create shopsteading.1997, Robert E. Stipe, Antoinette Josephine Lee, The American Mosaic: Preserving a Nation's Heritage, →ISBN, page 127

Also used as

shopsteading is also the present participle and gerund of shopstead.

Examples of shopsteading in a sentence

  • Low-cost financing, access to venture capital, expanding shopsteading programs, and providing fee waivers are some productive approaches.2010, Carol O'Cleireacain, The Orphaned Capital, →ISBN:
  • The success of shopsteading hinges on two main factors, the first of which is the availability of vacant properties in areas that have considerable potential for economic revitalization.2010, Edward J. Blakely, Nancey Green Leigh, Planning Local Economic Development: Theory and Practice, →ISBN:

Questions about shopsteading

What does shopsteading mean?
Shopsteading means the sale by the government of abandoned shops to entrepreneurs who are willing to renovate them and operate there, as part of an urban revitalization policy.
How do you use shopsteading in a sentence?
Low-cost financing, access to venture capital, expanding shopsteading programs, and providing fee waivers are some productive approaches.
What part of speech is shopsteading?
Shopsteading is a noun.

Words near shopsteading in the dictionary

  1. shopsoiled
  2. shopstead
  3. shopsteaded
  4. shopsteader
  5. shopsteaders
  6. shopsteading
  7. shopsteads
  8. shopsteal
  9. shoptalk
  10. shoptalks
  11. shopvac

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