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Downtown Seattle Association THANK YOU TO OUR StratEGIC PLAN PARTICIpaNTS OUR MISSION: To champion a healthy, vibrant urban core Tom Albro, Port Commission•Martha Aldridge, MOHAI•David Allen, Seattle Theatre Group•Paul Allen, Holland America•Michael Amend, Downtown Resident•Alan Andersen, Downtown Resident •Elena Arosteguy, General Grown Properties•Chuck Ayers, Cascade Bicycle Club•Sally Bagshaw, Seattle City Council•Lesley Bain, Weinstein A/U•William Bain, NBBJ•Mark Barbieri, Washington Holdings The Downtown Seattle Association (DSA) is the member-based non-profit organization focused •Lynn Beck, Pacific Place•Laird Bennion, North Pacific Realty Advisors•Bonnie Berk, BERK•Bill Biggs, Group Health Cooperative•Allison Binder, Commute Seattle•Sandra Bird, Hard Rock Café exclusively on making Downtown Seattle a great place to live, work, shop and play. •Don Blakeney, Chinatown International District BIA•David Blandford, Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau•David Bley, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation•Butch Blum, The Blum Company •Shannon Boldizsar, Starbucks Coffee Company•Julie Bosch, BERK•Linda Bowers, Seattle Arts & Lectures•Caitlin Braam, Downtown Seattle Association/Metropolitan Improvement District •Shelby Brammer, Downtown Resident•Betsy Braun, Virginia Mason Medical Center•Dan Brettler, Car Toys•Herbert Bridge, Ben Bridge Jeweler, Inc.•Rita Brogan, PRR, Inc. •Michel Brotman, 106 Pine/Chocolate Box/Simply Seattle•Colleen Brown, Fisher Communications, Inc.•D. David Brown, Pacific Northwest Ballet•Jim Brown, Urbanadd •Michael Brown, The Seattle Foundation•Robert Bruckner, Aedas Seattle•Darrell Bryan, Clipper Navigation, Inc.•Karen Bryant, Seattle Storm•Tim Burgess, Seattle City Council •Stacie Byars, Washington Biomedical & Biotechnology Association•Karen Bystrom, Cornish College of the Arts•Patrick Callahan, Urban Renaissance Group•Phyllis Campbell, JPMorgan Chase •Elizabeth Campbell, Belltown Community Council•Derrick Cartwright, PhD, Seattle Art Museum•Tim Ceis, Ceis Bayne East Strategic•Elise Chayet, Harborview Medical Center•Jamie Cheney, Commute Seattle ECONOMIC INDICATORS •Louise Chernin, Greater Seattle Business Association•Leroy Chin, City of Seattle, Department of Neighborhoods•Maiko Chin, Seattle Chinatown/International District PDA•Megan Ching, Seattle Monorail Services •Martha Choe, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation•John Christison, Washington State Convention Center•Cary Clark, Argosy Cruises •Dennis Clark, The Fairmont Olympic Hotel•Kevin Clark, Argosy Cruises •Sally Clark, Seattle City Council •Lynn Claudon, Lynn Claudon Consulting, LLC•Michael Cleveland, South Lake Union Chamber of Commerce•A.M. Clise, Clise Properties•David Coffey, Recovery Café The Downtown Seattle Association focuses on four economic indicators as a way to measure progress toward achieving •David Cohen, Washington Global Health Alliance•Howard Cohen, Clise Properties-Hotel Division•Lisa Cohen, Washington Global Health Alliance•Ken Colling, Seattle Goodwill•Arlan Collins, CollinsWoerman •Richard Conlin, Seattle City Councilmember •Tara Conner, Plymouth Housing Group•Connie Cooper, Seattle Chamber Music Society•Jason Coughlin, Banana Republic•Ed Curtis, Washington Partners our mission: •Kevin Daniels, Daniels Development•Edward Danyluk, Imperial Parking•Deborah Daoust, Seattle Center•Susan Darrington, Qwest Field•Maud Daudon, Seattle Northwest Securities Corporation •Lisa Daugaard, The Defender Association •Kati Davich, Metropolitan Improvement District•Robert Davidson, Seattle Aquarium•Mark Dederer, Safeco Insurance Foundation•Becca Deehr, Mayor’s Office • LIVE: Number of people living Downtown •Megan Deinas, Port of Seattle•Jennifer Delker, Metropolitan Improvement District•Don Dennis, Hotel Deca Seattle•Barbara Dingfield, The Giving Practice •Thom Ditty, Seattle Monorail Services•Dan Dixon, Swedish Medical Center•Lisa Dixon, The Alliance for Pioneer Square•Paul Dobosz, Metropolitan Improvement District•Jonathan Dong, Seattle Monorail Project • WORK: Number of people working Downtown •Peggy Dreisinger, Metropolitan Improvement District•Greg Duff, Cairncross & Hempelmann•Gene Duvernoy, Cascade Land Conservancy•Denise Edgar, Downtown Resident•Cara Egan, Seattle Art Museum •Tom English, Plymouth Housing Group•Quentin Ertel, Havana•Emily Eslick, Downtown Seattle Association•Brenda Evans, Downtown Seattle Association/Metropolitan Improvement District •Mike Evans, Downtown Resident•Jerry Everard, Spitfire•Anne Fennessy, Cocker Fennessy•Andy Fife, Shunpike•Jon Fine, United Way of King County•Guy Fineout, Spruce Street School • SHOP: Retail sales in Downtown •Frank Fineran, Frank Fineran & Company•Lauren Fior, Il Fornaio •Lauren Fish, Metropolitan Improvement District•Mike Flynn, Mike Flynn & Associates•Dan Foltz, Foltz-Weber+Thompson •Dennis Forsyth, SRG Partnership, Inc.•Katherine Fountain Mackinnon, Downtown Seattle Association/Metropolitan Improvement District•Rick Friedhoff, Compass Center•Phillip Fuji, Vulcan Inc. • PlAY: Arts, entertainment, sports, food and beverage sales in Downtown •John Gascon, Principal, JAG Design•Joshua Gatherum, Grayline•Bill Gaylord, GGLO•Seth Geiser, City of Seattle, Department of Planning & Development•David Gering, Manufacturing Industrial Council •Anita Geving, The Polyclinic•Bob Gilbertson, YMCA of Greater Seattle•Jean Godden, Seattle City Councilmember•Patrick Gordon, ZGF Architects LLP•Jim Gore, Puget Sound Blood Center Research Institute •David Graves, Seattle Parks & Recreation•Bruce Gray, Sound Transit•Joshua Green III, Joshua Green Corporation•Dan Greenshields, ShareBuilder from ING DIRECT Investing •Bernadine Griffin, 5th Avenue Theatre Association•George Griffin, G3 & Associates, Inc.•Matt Griffin, Pine Street Group LLC•Deb Guenther, Mithun•Peter Hahn, Seattle Department of Transportation •Bill Hallerman, Josephinum Associates•Nathan Hambley, Frause•Chris Hamilton, Callison•Jessica Handshew, Downtown Seattle Association/Metropolitan Improvement District •John Hanley, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP•Bruce Harrell, Seattle City Councilmember•Adam Hasson, Samis Land Company•James Haydu, Pike Place Market PDA•Ada Healey, Vulcan Inc. FUNDAMENTAL ASSETS •James Hendricks, PhD, Seattle Children’s Research Institute•David Hewitt, HEWITT•Ed Hewson, HB Companies•Melissa Hines, City of Seattle, Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs •Bill Hobson, Downtown Emergency Service Center•Rod Hochman, Swedish Medical Center•Hugh Holman, Pioneer Square BIA•Tim Holt, Union Square, LLC•Sydney Holt, Aveda-Pacific Place •Patricia Hopper, City of Seattle, Arts & Cultural Affairs•Mark Houtchens, Vance Corporation•Zach Howard, Commute Seattle•Douglas Howe, Touchstone Corp•Norm Hubbard, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Successful communities build on their unique and fundamental assets. In Downtown Seattle, we grow from a foundation of a: •Randy Hurlow, Downtown Seattle Association/Metropolitan Improvement District•Yogi Huston, Coastal Hotel Group•Weldon Ihrig, Downtown Resident/West Edge•Adam Isaacson, Downtown Resident •Patty Isacson Sabee, Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum•Paul Ishii, Mayflower Park Hotel•Sandra Jackson-Dumont, Seattle Art Museum•Mark Jaeger, City of Seattle, Seattle Public Utilities •Sandy Jaghers, Sightlife•Matt Jahnke, Lecosho•Elisabeth James, Westin Hotel•Andy James, Ye Olde Curiosity Shop, Inc. •Heather Jensvold, Il Fornaio•Sally Jewell, Recreational Equipment, Inc. • STUNNING NATURAL SETTING: Downtown Seattle enjoys a spectacular urban waterfront, a unique connection to •Fred Johnson, Millstream NW•Gary Johnson, City of Seattle, Department of Planning & Development•Gerry Johnson, Pacifica Law Group•Greg Johnson, Wright Runstad & Company•Wayne Johnson, Andaluca Downtown Seattle Association •Kate Joncas, Downtown Seattle Association•Alicia Jones, Aveda/Pacific Place•Marc Jones, Seattle Center•Susan Jones, Atelierjones•Melissa Jurcan, SeaFair•William Justen, Samis Land Company nature and a strong environmental ethic. •Dan Kamm, Phinney Ridge Resident•Megan Karch, FareStart•Mary Ellen Kearney, Washington Global Health Alliance•James Kelly, Urban League of Seattle•Jen Kelly, Downtown Resident/Pioneer Square •Jim Kelly, 4Culture•Kamyar Khoshdel, Andaluca•Fred Kiga, Amazon•Heyeok Kim, Interim Community Development•Damien King, South Lake Union Chamber of Commerce•Denise Klein, Senior Services Strategic Plan Summary • SUPERREGIONAL CENTER: Downtown Seattle is the center of an economic and transportation network that stretches •Ihlae Kling, Downtown Seattle Association/Metropolitan Improvement District•Cal Knight, Swedish Medical Center•Beth Knox, SeaFair •Stephen Koehler, Koehler & Company •Bill Krippaehne, North Pacific Realty Advisors•Elliott Krivenko, Metropolitan Improvement District•Lyn Krizanich, Clise Properties•Quentin Kuhrau, Unico Properties•Marcus Lalario, HG Lodge from San Francisco to Alaska and from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Rim. •Paul Lambros, Plymouth Housing Group•Norman Langill, One Reel Productions•Kelly Lawing, Metropolitan Improvement District•Sharon Lee, Low-Income Housing Institute•Sandy Lew, Sandylew •Bill Lewis, Lease Crutcher Lewis•Jane Lewis, Pine Street Group LLC•Nick Licata, Seattle City Council•Jeff Lilley, Union Gospel Mission•Ross Lincoff, Il Fornaio•Kristie Logan, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center • PLATFORM FOR INNOVATION: Downtown Seattle is a magnet for talent, and embraces innovation, creativity and •Debi Lundberg, Downtown Seattle Association•Kathy MacCaul, YWCA•Liz Mack, Downtown Resident•Chad MacKay, Mackay Restaurants Waterfront/El Gaucho•Robyn Magda, Metropolitan Improvement District
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