Meet the Surviving Construction Team

Jay Schlinsog has more than twenty-five years experience in community and economic development, management, and downtown revitalization. Working as a private consultant since 1992, his clients include local, state and national Main Street organizations, non-profit groups and private businesses. He established Downtown Professionals Network in 2000 as a firm for community development, economic development and downtown revitalization specialists who collaborate to provide planning, design, research, and marketing services.

Jay’s areas of specialty include management, organizational development, market research and analysis, technical writing, public relations, marketing, visioning, and strategic planning. He serves a clientele that includes local, state and national downtown redevelopment and management organizations, community development agencies, and private businesses. He has served as project manager on a variety of projects including urban design and downtown master plans, strategic plans, and market research, analysis and feasibility studies. He has been retained as a consultant and speaker by the National Trust’s National Main Street Center and numerous regional and statewide Main Street organizations.

As the facilitator and lead member of DPN’s Surviving Construction service, Jay provides insights, tips, tools and practical strategies to overcome the adverse impacts of construction. Jay shares lessons learned and best practices from his work with communities across the country, and first-hand experience highlighted by his work as chairman and project coordinator for the City of St. Charles (IL) Main Street and Bridge Reconstruction Task Force. His work with the Task Force, and a project “Tool Kit” developed as a resource for businesses, have been featured in a variety of regional and national publications and have served as models for construction management initiatives in communities across the country.

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