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Annual Report Our Leadership 2019 ANNUAL REPORT OUR LEADERSHIP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Dear Friends: Michael O’Callaghan, Detroit 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 Museum, 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, United Auto Workers Shawn Pomaville-Size, MotorCities of promoting and preserving Michigan’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, Ford Motor Company 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, University of Michigan – 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 Henry Ford 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 FINANCIALS Financial Report - Fiscal Year 2019 MOTORCITIES REVENUE AND SUPPORT NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA Grant from National Park Service $ 491,000 GENERATES $410.4 MILLION Conferences $ 15,670 IN ECONOMIC IMPACT Contributions $ 37,116 In-Kind Donations $ 514,207 SUPPORTS 4,560 JOBS Miscellaneous Income $ 16,793 Total Revenue and Support $1,074,786 EXPENSES Tourism $ 30,825 GENERATES Revitalization $ 434,011 $35.4 MILLION Interpretation & Education $ 546,588 IN TAX REVENUE Supporting Services $ 110,518 Total Expenses $1,121,942 ECONOMIC Lansing Mayor Andy Schor welcomes MotorCities board, members and friends to his city for the 2019 Annual Meeting at the R.E. Olds IMPACT Transportation Museum. In 2019, the MotorCities National Heritage Area funded $89,209 in grants leveraging $472,114 in community impact. did you 92% ?know of every dollar goes directly into programs for MotorCities NHA 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 metro Detroit, 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
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