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Annual Report MACK 2018 Annual Report MACK MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BRUSH N 4 Initiatives and Affiliates I-75 5 Strategic Direction 6 Letters Changemakers GRAND RIVER 8 Downtown Data of Detroit I-75 In October, Downtown Detroit Partnership joined CASS Business Improvement Zone 10 forces with WXYZ-Channel 7 and on-air talent WOODWARD Carolyn Clifford to produce the first installment of CLIFFORD 14 Parks and Public Spaces the media series called “Changemakers.” 3RD Each story in the series focuses on individuals ADAMS 18 Planning GRAND CIRCUS PARK who are making positive change in Detroit. In the BEACON PARK first story, Racheal Allen, Operations Manager MADISON 20 Safety of the Detroit Business Improvement Zone (BIZ) BAGLEY Ambassadors Program, shared the story of her BROADWAY WOODWARD GRATIOT 22 Detroit Experience Factory personal journey in overcoming obstacles that led to WASHINGTON her work with the BIZ Ambassadors. MICHIGAN AVE. I-375 24 MoGo CAPITOL PARK 3RD STATE GRATIOT 1ST BRUSH 26 Live Detroit M-10 MONROE LAFAYETTE BEAUBIEN 28 Events W LAFAYETTE CAMPUS MARTIUS PARK W FORT 30 Partnerships CADILLAC SQUARE CONGRESS THE WOODWARD ESPLANADE RANDOLPH Point W CONGRESS 32 Members, Funders, BIZ Board LARNED W LARNED of Origin JEFFERSON SPIRIT PLAZA JEFFERSON 34 DDP Board A new plaza, financed by the Edsel B. Ford II Fund, was installed to showcase Detroit’s point of origin and commemorate the 15th anniversary of Campus 35 DDP Staff HART Martius Park. The plaza includes a large stone and a PLAZA plaque highlighting the location and significance of CULLEN PLAZA 35 Financials the point of origin, the place where Detroit’s street (RIVARD PLAZA) system originated. Downtown Detroit Business QLINE In addition, a granite wall is inscribed with the Improvement Zone (BIZ) Area About DDP DDP Affiliates names of the founding members of the Detroit 300 Conservancy. These members were tasked with DDP Initiatives Community Public spaces programmed, managed the creation of Campus Martius Park. The quote MoGo Station from Edsel B. Ford II that appears on the wall maintained and/or supported by DDP memorializes his visionary leadership as chairman of the Conservancy. MACK MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BRUSH N I-75 GRAND RIVER I-75 CASS WOODWARD CLIFFORD 3RD ADAMS GRAND CIRCUS PARK BEACON PARK MADISON BAGLEY BROADWAY WOODWARD WASHINGTON GRATIOT MICHIGAN AVE. I-375 CAPITOL PARK 3RD STATE GRATIOT 1ST BRUSH M-10 MONROE LAFAYETTE BEAUBIEN W LAFAYETTE CAMPUS MARTIUS PARK W FORT CADILLAC SQUARE CONGRESS THE WOODWARD ESPLANADE RANDOLPH W CONGRESS LARNED W LARNED JEFFERSON SPIRIT PLAZA JEFFERSON HART PLAZA CULLEN PLAZA (RIVARD PLAZA) Downtown Detroit Business QLINE Improvement Zone (BIZ) Area Public spaces programmed, managed MoGo Station maintained and/or supported by DDP Business Improvement Zone (BIZ) Detroit Experience Factory (DXF) Planning Initiatives Affiliates MoGo Parks and Public Spaces Safety Live Detroit 4 DDP 2018 ANNUAL REPORT Strategic Direction Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) is driven by an annual strategic planning process that produces different outcomes each year. Three guiding pillars serve as a common thread, representing the core of DDP’s role in Downtown and helping to ensure that as activities and projects change, the organization’s mission remains constant. Enhance Enhance Enhance DDP’s role as DDP’s role as DDP’s role as 1 Convener 2 Steward 3 Promoter of and Balanced of Place Equity and Voice Inclusion PROMOTING YOUNG TALENT FIRST ROBOTICS MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING DDP continued to encourage DDP presented brand new The BIZ – in partnership with the participation of young talent at FIRST Robotics activations in the Detroit Police Department (DPD) DDP events. DDP welcomed parks throughout Downtown to and the Northeast Guidance interns from Detroit-area coincide with the 2018 FIRST Center – led Mental Health First businesses to the Summer Championship, which was held Aid training and certification Stakeholder event and partnered in Detroit. for Ambassadors to ensure that with Detroit Young Professionals they are prepared to interact and Challenge Detroit to include RECYCLING PROGRAM effectively with all Downtown their participants at all DDP DDP implemented a recycling patrons. The training provides a signature events. pilot in Cadillac Square as part of model for other cities to replicate an exploration of best practices across the nation. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT that encourage environmental In partnership with The Work awareness and sustainability. DOWNTOWN DETROIT Department – a women-led Additionally, DDP continued the PERCEPTIONS SURVEY design-for-social-impact firm – Beacon Park recycling program in DDP refined its approach to DDP executed a months-long partnership with DTE Energy. soliciting responses for the community engagement effort to Downtown Detroit Perceptions generate feedback on Downtown WINTER Survey to ensure that Detroit public spaces and inform a LIGHTING residents had multiple ways to community-driven planning The BIZ, with participate to make their voices process for continued use. support from heard. The resulting report the Downtown prominently featured Detroit BIZ CONNECT Development resident data along with broader The BIZ hosted quarterly BIZ Authority, led regional data. Connect events to provide the design and information and resources to implementation of BIZ AMBASSADORS local businesses of all sizes unique winter season lighting The 2018 BIZ Ambassador through the partner network. throughout Downtown to workforce was comprised of encourage a safe and vibrant more than 90 percent Detroit atmosphere. residents, and the Ambassadors benefitted from life skills training in addition to job training. 5 Letter from the CEO DDP is proud to present our annual review of accomplishments and priorities. The 2018 Annual Report highlights our teams’ successes – but more important, it highlights the incredible community we support in helping to build a strong and vibrant Downtown. Downtown Detroit has Here are just a few highlights from 2018: experienced its longest period • DDP engaged in an ongoing process of upgrading of economic expansion in and strengthening its own internal operations and the last 50 years, adding business practices. 5,000 jobs between 2011 to 2015 alone. Downtown has • DDP facilitated a record 2.5 million visitors to undoubtedly continued to Downtown Detroit Parks in 2018. grow since then. Downtown • DDP and DTE celebrated the one-year anniversary Eric B. Larson Detroit has the largest of Beacon Park, where more than 260,000 visitors Chief Executive Officer, attended 600-plus programs throughout the year. Downtown Detroit concentration of employment Partnership in the city and region, holding • DDP, in partnership with the BIZ, oversaw the 31 percent of Detroit’s jobs installation of comprehensive supplemental with more than 73,000 employees. Continued lighting, including the installation of 465,660 diversification is defining the strength of this individual LED lights. growth, and DDP is at the center of supporting • DDP celebrated the 15th Anniversary of Campus the economic needs while bringing increased Martius Park. focus to the social issues that require the same opportunities for improvement and growth. • DDP promoted the Adaptive MoGo cycles program and saw MoGo riders log more than 237,000 rides. Today, Downtown Detroit is more vibrant than • DDP collaborated with the City of Detroit Planning at any time since the late 1940s, and with and Development Department on a variety of our partners, we continue to improve public initiatives related to public spaces and economic spaces, mobility, infrastructure, cleanliness and development. safety, enhancing the number and quality of unique Downtown experiences for everyone Entering 2019, we continue to demonstrate the value that visits, lives or works Downtown. These of public spaces and how they change the perception efforts continue to pay off as our city garners of a city. Public spaces enable diverse groups of people increasing positive recognition from around the and ideas to deliver social and economic returns. DDP globe and makes tangible strides in social and continues to support the evolving demands of our economic gains. dynamic city. For DDP, it is ultimately about people and how Every day, I am proud of the commitment and we connect and move within the city. We are dedication of our team. I am also deeply grateful to the looking to innovative solutions by creating members of the Board of Directors for their ongoing experiences that immerse people in one support and enthusiasm. another’s lives. We are working hard to increase the health of our city and region economically, educationally and physically. 6 DDP 2018 ANNUAL REPORT Letter from the Board Chair Let me begin by extending a big “thank you” to DDP CEO Eric Larson and his incredibly talented and highly-skilled staff, and to the DDP Board of Directors and Executive Committee. Serving as Chair of the Board is an honor and deeply satisfying, largely due to each of you. Mayor Mike Duggan and Detroit Police the welcoming atmosphere Chief James Craig deserve special and the creative and innovative recognition as well for their unwavering programming in our parks is support of DDP. We know we can count making them a magnet for on them every day and that makes a Detroit families as well as tremendous difference in what we are able people from around the world to accomplish. who, through our parks, get a real feel for all the wonderful Cindy Pasky Although, DDP is all about growth experiences that Downtown
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