Modifications are made and additions or deletions take place. Final priorities are established and presentation occurs. For each component of the downtown revitalization process, this step involves determining what action will take place. It outlines when it will occur, how it will occur, why it will occur and who will do it. This is the actual process of making the downtown revitalization occur.
Implementation can protect what exists or make changes.
This is a diagnostic stage. It determines if the goals sought have been achieved. It also reveals the intended and unintended impacts of reaching the goals. Downtown revitalization may cause one to conjure up visions of new stores and buildings rising from decaying downtowns. In reality, downtown revitalization is a people process.