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2019 ANNUAL REPORT OUR LEADERSHIP

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Dear Friends: Michael O’Callaghan, Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, Chairman Welcome to the MotorCities National Heritage Area Partnership 2019 Mark Heppner, Ford House, Vice Chairman Annual Report. This past year was full of accomplishment for us, the Ted O’Dell, Hackett Auto , Treasurer culmination of many years of work on a number of key projects. Don Nicholson, Don Nicholson Enterprises, Secretary It’s always important to thank you, our continually-growing number of Robert Kreipke, Ford Historian Emeritus, Past Chair supporters, whether you’re a partner, member, sponsor or volunteer, for Bill Nickels, Ypsilanti Stewardship Community everything you’ve done during the past year to help us fulfill our mission Sandra Engle, Shawn Pomaville-Size, MotorCities of promoting and preserving ’s rich automotive and labor history. National Heritage Area With your help, MotorCities makes a profound impact throughout all 16 BOARD OF DIRECTORS counties of the National Heritage Area. Michael Bauman, AVL You can read more in this report about our many accomplishments, Mallory Bower, Michigan Historic Preservation Network like the following: David Cartwright, Wayne County Parks Ed Clemente, Michigan Liquor Control • Getting the first nine of our long-awaited highway signs in Commission the ground; John Clor, Russell Doré, Doré Productions • Breaking ground for the Fort Street Bridge Interpretive Park in David Elsila, Michigan Labor History Society Margaret Hehr, Lansing Stewardship Community southwest Detroit; Fred Hoffman, – Dearborn • Awarding our first-ever mini-grants, providing support up to $1,500 Kevin Kirbitz, General Motors David Lorenz, Travel Michigan to short-term, high impact projects; John Neilson, The Annie Rubel, Fair Lane – The Home of Clara • Hosting the spring meeting of the Alliance of National Heritage & Henry Ford Areas, an opportunity to showcase our region’s automotive history Glenn Shagena, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Chris Shires, Gilmore Car Museum and partnerships with days focusing on Detroit, Dearborn and Flint; Nancy Thompson, Oakland County Stewardship Community • Working with seven Detroit area-based tour operators to establish Michael Twomley, DTE Energy a series of MotorCities-branded automotive tour experiences; LEADERSHIP COUNCIL • Launching our Speakers Bureau to bring more awareness of Congressman Deborah I. Dingell, U.S. House MotorCities and automotive history to the region. of Representatives, Chair Rod Alberts, Detroit Auto Dealers Association In 2020, our focus area is education, and we are working hard to bring new Larry Alexander, Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau education programs to our National Heritage Area, while supporting key Steve Bieda, Michigan Tax Tribunal initiatives via our grant awards. Robert Bury, Fairlane – The Home of Clara & Henry Ford We are making progress on so many fronts, and we thank you for all you William R. Chapin Matthew P. Cullen, Rock Ventures, LLC do on behalf of MotorCities. Let’s take that positive momentum and keep William C. Ford, Jr., Ford Motor Company moving forward. Your support is imperative as we do the important work of Steven K. Hamp, Hamp Advisors preserving and promoting our unique automotive and labor heritage! Margery Krevsky, Productions Plus Faye Nelson, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

STAFF

Shawn Pomaville-Size, Executive Director Brian Yopp, Director of Programs Michael O’Callaghan Shawn Pomaville-Size & Operations Chairman, Board of Directors Executive Director Bob Sadler, Communications Manager Tiffany Pierce, Office Administrator & Event Coordinator

• Sign up for our newsletter for exclusive historical content CONNECT • Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @MotorCities • Become a member WITH US • Volunteer be an ambassador 2 EXPENSES REVENUE ANDSUPPORT Financial Report-FiscalYear 2019 FINANCIALS Total Expenses Supporting Services Interpretation &Education Revitalization Tourism Total RevenueandSupport Miscellaneous Income In-Kind Donations Contributions Conferences Grant from NationalParkService did you National HeritageArea funded $472,114 In 2019,theMotorCities ECONOMIC $89,209 in communityimpact. in grantsleveraging ? IMPACT

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$1,121,942

$1,074,786 $ 110,518 $ 546,588 $ 434,011 $ 30,825 $ 16,793 $ 514,207 $ 37,116 $ 15,670 $ 491,000

Transportation Museum. and friendstohiscityforthe2019AnnualMeetingatR.E.Olds Lansing MayorAndySchorwelcomesMotorCitiesboard, members MOTORCITIES SUPPORTS 4,560JOBS IN ECONOMICIMPACT NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA GENERATES $ 35.4 MILLION GENERATES IN TAX REVENUE

$ 410.4 MILLION

3 MOTORCITIES YEAR IN REVIEW

9 Highway Signs Installed Ground Broken for the Fort or individuals who have delivered out- Around Lansing, Flint Street Bridge Interpretive Park standing projects in the areas of auto and Detroit or labor heritage tourism, education/ interpretation and revitalization. Drivers in , as well as the Flint and Lansing areas, are noticing The 2019 Milestone Award went to something new along the highways – U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow for those familiar brown National Park her leadership that lifted the cap Service signs with a message welcoming on the amount of appropriations them to the MotorCities National that MotorCities can accept, paving Heritage Area! The first nine signs the way for the organization to were installed in November and Congresswomen Debbie Dingell and Rashida Tlaib continue normal operations for join MotorCities Executive Director Shawn December 2019 and are the culmination Pomaville-Size and representatives from the Fort- four more years. of many years of work with the Michigan Rouge Gateway Coalition (FRoG) put shovels in the ground at the site of what will soon be the Fort Street Department of Transportation. Bridge Interpretive Park in southwest Detroit.

On October 9, 2019, MotorCities staff and board members joined Congresswomen Debbie Dingell and Rashida Tlaib, our partners in the Fort-Rouge Gateway Coalition (FRoG), and Friends of the Rouge to break ground for the new Fort Street Bridge Interpretive Park, located at the foot You can find the signs at the following 2019 Awards of Excellence Winners: (Left to right) of the Fort Street Bridge in southwest locations: MotorCities Executive Director Shawn Pomaville-Size, Detroit. Leonard Kata of SAE International, Back to the Bricks Founder Al Hatch, Jill Engel of the Partner- • Southbound I-75 before the On March 7, 1932, during the Great ship for the Arts and Humanities, and MotorCities Chairman Michael O’Callaghan. Mt. Morris exit north of Flint; Depression, auto workers organized a • Eastbound I-69 near Lansing Road march from Detroit to the Ford Rouge The 2019 Awards of Excellence went northeast of Lansing; Factory in Dearborn. Known as the to the following: • Eastbound I-96 near the I-69 Ford Hunger March, the event is one • In the revitalization category, interchange northwest of Lansing; of the most significant events leading the winner was the Cherry Hill to the creation of the United Auto • Eastbound I-96 near the US 127 Veterans Dormitory, restored by Workers union. interchange southeast of Lansing; the Partnership for the Arts and • Westbound I-96 near the US 127 MotorCities, the University of Humanities of Canton; interchange southeast of Lansing; Michigan-Dearborn, City of Detroit, • In the education and interpretation • Westbound I-94 before the M-59 City of Dearborn, Marathon Petroleum category, the winner was SAE exit in Chesterfield Twp.(pictured); Co. LP, Michigan Department of Trans- International’s Mobility History portation, United Auto Workers Local • Eastbound I-96 on the ramp to Committee. southbound I-75 in Detroit 600, Friends of the Rouge, Friends • Northbound I-75 on the ramp to of the Detroit River, various neigh- • In the heritage tourism category, westbound I-96 in Detroit; borhood block groups, PEA Inc. and the winner was Back to the Bricks others collaborated to build this park. of Flint. • Northbound I-75 near Monroe-Wayne County border. Michigan Auto Heritage Day and MotorCities Hosts the Alliance of Six more signs will be installed to Awards of Excellence National Heritage Areas complete the 15 that make up the first On October 30, MotorCities presented As part of the Alliance of National phase of MotorCities’ highway sign its 2019 Awards of Excellence during Heritage Areas’ (ANHA) Spring Meeting rollout, so stay tuned for additional its sixth annual Michigan Auto Heritage hosted by MotorCities, staff from installations coming soon near Day event at the State Capitol Building. National Heritage Areas around the Kalamazoo, Jackson, and Ypsilanti. The awards recognize organizations country had the opportunity to witness 4 Speakers Bureau Gets Underway revitalization of the Packing Proving Grounds (PPG) site, including the MotorCities launched a Speakers Packard Museum and an Arsenal of Bureau in 2019, a resource to promote Democracy Museum. awareness of automotive and labor Terry Rhadigan, Executive Director, Communications history, as well as provide an overview R.E. Olds Transportation Museum in Operations and Corporate Giving for General Motors, welcomes staff from National Heritage about our organization and its important Lansing: Stabilized the building Areas from across the country to the GMRenCen on work. The offerings include 21 unique by completing Phase 2 of its roof the first day of the Association of National Heritage Areas (ANHA) Spring Meeting in Detroit. presentations offered by seven replacement project. different presenters. The following organizations were our region’s automotive and labor Every Kid Outdoors Program among the nine projects receiving history first hand, while learning about MotorCities’ first mini grants, awards revitalization projects and partnerships Continues at Historic up to $1,500: with days focusing on Detroit, Dearborn and Flint. Northville Historical Society: Received two grants funding a new MotorCities-Branded Tours information kiosk in Mill Race Village Launched and interactive Inter Urban display. MotorCities partnered with seven Oakland County Pioneer Historical metro Detroit tour operators to offer Society in Pontiac: Supported the a series of auto-themed historical Students learn about how U.S. Army soldiers trained at Historic Fort Wayne during Every Kid preservation of an original Standard tours. The experiences included tours Outdoors week in May. Vehicle carriage. in a Ford Model A, on a bicycle, on Pontiac Transportation Museum: a bus, and on a kayak in the Detroit MotorCities joined the Detroit Parks River, along with standard walking and Recreation Department, Detroit Increased public awareness by tours. Collectively, the tours reached Public Schools Community District, supporting upgrades to the more than 400 people in its inaugural the Historic Fort Wayne Coalition organization’s website. season. and more than 20 other partners to Saline Area Historical Society: present the fourth annual Every Kid Supported lighting improvements A Ford Model A used by Antique Touring Company, one of MotorCities new partners, to provide their Outdoors program at Historic Fort and building renovations for their unique auto heritage tour experience, entitled Wayne in southwest Detroit in May. Oldsmobile display at Rentschler Farms. “From Tinkerers to Titans in the Auto Age.” More than 1,000 fourth graders Services to Enhance Potential of participated in the program. Westland: Supported a month-long 2019 Grant Highlights exhibit of art pieces created by young people with disabilities at Detroit’s Packard Motor Car Foundation Peace Gallery to celebrate Michigan’s in Shelby Township: Received a rich automotive history. Challenge Grant supporting the

The artists from the Services to Enhance Potential (STEP) exhibit at the Peace Gallery in Detroit.

5 OUR MEMBERS

Individual Members

Marco Airaghi Kenneth Enhrenhofer Dave Lorenz Susan Rowe Bruce Annett Lila Fedokovitz Kevin Luedtke Annie Rubel Jason Arnold Nancy Finegood Roger & Joan Luksik Richard Russell Paul Ayres Patrick Fitzgerald M. Peter Martin Majorie Sawruk Gail Bagale Mitchell Fleischer Michael Mazor Kristi Schwartzly Brian Baker Frederick Flock Elizabeth Mc Lain Sharon Scott Donald Baron Gerard Franchina Jerry McLain Al Sheffield Michael Bauman John Frankowski Johanna McCoy Randy Shelton David Beaubien Byron Fulbright Anne Michelis Steve Shotwell Marie Beauchamp Lloyd Ganton Richard & Jeann Micka Charles Sinche Scott & Maryne Bentley John Gibbs Gary Miners Mike Skinner Patrick Bisson John Gilbert Stephen Misterovich Harvey Snitzer Charles Blackman Peter Glendinning Romero Montalban-Anderssen Robert Sovis Sabin Blake Donald Graham Margaret Mouzon David Stevens Constance Bodurow Anne Marie Graham-Hudak Thomas Mudd Gary Stroze Mallory Bower Dean Greb Thomas Mullin John Summerville Terry Boyce Stuart Grigg Mark Mundorff Paul Talpos Robert Bucala Elayne Gross John Neilson Chris Talwar Wilbur Burkett Jack Harned Bruce Nelson Gillian Talwar Robert Burtch Deborah Hartwick Valerie Newman Tammy Taylor Robert Bury Toger E. Hayman Don Nicholson Dave Thomas Mark Campbell Charlie Henry William Nickels Mark Thomas David Cartwright Mark Heppner Michael O’Callaghan Clay Thompson Chris Causley Greg Hoffman Ted O’Dell Nancy Thompson Robert Causley Tom Johnson James Owensby Robyn Tonkin Ed Clemente Wayne Johnson Ronald Paruskiewicz Hunter Tromp John Clor David Kalinowski Tim Pawl Michael Twomley Richard Coleman Larry Kelsch David and Rebecca Pettengill Roberta Vasilow Tom Coles Kevin Kirbitz David Pierce Douglas Wallace Sarah Cook Jean Knowles James Pita David Walmsley Frank Coyle Thomas Komray Richard Plungin Charles Watson Nancy Darga Robert Kowalski Shawn Pomaville-Size Ed Weichsler Thelma Davis Robert Kreipke Arthur Pope Christopher Welborn Robert J. Degenhart Richard and Barbara Krueger Michael Potter Jay Wetzel Owen Demiene William Krueger J Jeffery Pregler John J. Wetzel Jaqueline Dick David Langdon Jerry Preston Paul Wicker Russell Dore Will Lawson Lynn Raade Gerard Wino Larry Doyle Robert Lees Richard Ray Geneva Wiskemann Paul Draus Wade Leonard Brian Raymond John Wood Jim Dyar Chris Lezotte Thomas Remington Paul Zatyko David Elsila Bud Liebler Gordon Rinschler Nelson Zuchetto Sandra Engle Terry Lindsey Richard Roth

MEMBERSHIP Automotive Hall of Fame Michigan History Museum Detroit Historical Museum Michigan Military Technical BENEFITS Detroit Institute of Arts & Historical Society Ford House Old Mill Museum Members joining for 2020 also have Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Plymouth Historical Museum expanded benefits, as 17 of our Gilmore Car Museum R.E. Olds Transportation Museum partner attractions offer admission or Roush Automotive Collection gift shop discounts for MotorCities Alfred P. Sloan Museum members showing their card. Michigan Firehouse Museum Yankee Air Museum The attractions include: Details on the specific discounts can be found at MotorCities.org/Membership.

6 Organizational Members Sponsors In-Kind Support

ASBE Foundation Detroit Metro Convention & , National Automotive Back to the Bricks Visitors Bureau History Collection Chippewa Valley Schools - Career Technical DTE General Motors Education Dept Destination Ann Arbor Robert Tate Corktown Experience UAW International Detroit School of Arts Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Ford House MotorCities Board Friends of Durnt Park, Inc. Member and Speakers Bureau Presenter Russ Genesee County Historical Society Dore (center) as Thomas Henry Ford Heritage Association Edison with “Henry Ford” (left) and “Harvey Horace and Mabel Hackett Foundation Firestone” (right) in his Julian Samora Research Institute presentation of “Henry Lambda Car Club International – and Friends.” Detroit Region Michigan Military Technical & Historical Society Michigan WWII Legacy Memorial Model T Automotive Heritage Complex Motor City Rockets Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society Oh These Irish Hills! In August, the Detroit Entertainment Commission, Hagerty Insurance, MotorCities National Heritage Packard Motor Car Foundation Area and the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant worked together to restore and re-dedicate the Michigan Partnership for the Arts & Humanities Historic Marker commemorating the first mile of concrete highway in the world, running along Woodward Avenue between McNichols and Seven Mile Road in Detroit. On the left side of the sign, from left to Roush right: Alex Rapanos, Territory Manager, Hagerty Insurance; David Flatt, Executive Director, Ford Piquette Saline Area Historical Society Avenue Plant; Martha G. Scott, Wayne County Commissioner; and Gregory J. Reed of the Detroit Entertainment Commission. Brian Yopp, Director of Programs & Operations for MotorCities is standing SHA Campaign Mgmt. to the right of the sign, and Marcell Todd, Director, City of Detroit Planning Commission and Historic Stahls Automotive Foundation Designation, at the far right. Tecumseh Area Historical Society, Inc. University of Michigan Dept. of Performing Arts Wayne Historical Society Ypsilanti Auto Heritage Museum Ypsilanti Historical Society

Memberships purchased between October 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019

Memorial Gifts

Gail Bagale in memory of Edward Bagale John Mack in memory of Laszlo Nagy Shawn Pomaville-Size in memory of Ardith Long Arthur C. Pope in memory of Marjorie Pope Susan Rowe in memory of Edward Bagale Jay Wetzel in memory of Don Sommerifts Nelson Zuchetto in memory of Cory Zuchetto 7 Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (left) with MotorCities Executive Director Shawn Pomaville-Size (right) addresses attendees of the Association of National Heritage Areas’ spring meeting at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant during their tour of the attraction.

(Right) Congresswoman Debbie Dingell speaks at a reception at Fair Lane, the Home of Clara & Henry Ford, during the Association of National Heritage Areas’ spring meeting as MotorCities Chairman Michael O’Callaghan looks on.

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At the conclusion of MotorCities September board meeting at the Michigan Firehouse Museum in Ypsilanti, Executive Director Shawn Pomaville-Size, flanked by board members, signed the contract with Action Traffic Maintenance of Flint to produce and install 15 MotorCities highway signs.

(Below) Singer-songwriter Audra Kubat performs at the 3rd Annual March On! Blues Collar Poetry and Music Festival, held at UAW Local 600 in Dearborn. The March 2019 event benefitted efforts to build the Fort Street Bridge Interpretive Park.