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ANNUAL REPORT Executive Committee Dear Friends — Robert Kreipke, Ford Historian Emeritus, Chairman Welcome to the MotorCities National Heritage Area Partnership 2018 Michael O’Callaghan, Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau, Annual Report. This past year was a very special one for us, as we Vice Chairman celebrated our 20th anniversary with a variety of events and activities. Ted O’Dell, Hackett Auto Museum, Treasurer Once again, we would like to thank our growing number of supporters, Nancy Thompson, Woodward Stewardship Community, Secretary whether you’re a partner, member, sponsor or volunteer, for everything David Elsila, Michigan Labor History Society you’ve done in the year just past to help us promote and preserve John Neilson, The Michigan’s rich automotive and labor history. As a result of your Don Nicholson, Don Nicholson Enterprises

OUR LEADERSHIP efforts, MotorCities continues to make an impact throughout all Shawn Pomaville-Size, MotorCities National Heritage Area 16 counties of the National Heritage Area. This report documents a year of both celebration and Board of Directors accomplishments, like the following: Scott Bentley, River Raisin National Battlefield David Cartwright, Wayne County Parks • Launching our brand new, visually exciting, adaptive designed John Clor, website at MotorCities.org; Nancy Darga, Ford Piquette Avenue Plant • Celebrating our 20 years with an Anniversary Reunion & Gala at John Dau, DTE Energy Russell Doré, Doré Productions the Proving Grounds; Sandra Engle, United Auto Workers • Awarding grants to do important repairs at key attractions like the Nancy Finegood, Michigan Historic Preservation Network Ford Piquette Plant in Detroit and the R.E. Olds Transportation Margaret Hehr, Lansing Stewardship Museum in Lansing; Community Mark Heppner, Historic Ford Estates • Bringing together corporate, nonprofit and public sector partners Fred Hoffman, University of in Michigan with encouragement from the Midwest Region of the Michigan – Dearborn David Lorenz, Travel Michigan National Park Service to sign a Pollinator Pledge and create Bill Nickels, Ypsilanti Stewardship Community pollinator-friendly habitats; Jeff Romig, Fisher Lake HR • Producing an updated 2018 Passport Guide and a new Motor- Glenn Shagena, Fiat Automobiles Chris Shires, Gilmore Car Museum Cities brochure for distribution across Michigan to out-of-state travelers and hometown tourists alike. Leadership Council In 2019, we look forward to the production and installation of our Congressman Deborah I. Dingell, U.S. House of Representatives, Chair MotorCities highway signs, the culmination of a multi-year effort. Rod Alberts, Detroit Auto Dealers Association Shovels should also be active at the Fort Street Bridge Interpretive Larry Alexander, Detroit Metro Park, as that project begins to come to fruition. MotorCities is also Convention & Visitors Bureau hosting the Spring Meeting of the Alliance of National Heritage Areas Senator Steve Bieda, Michigan State Senate in April, an opportunity to showcase our region’s automotive history Robert Bury, Historic Ford Estates and partnerships with days focusing on Detroit, Dearborn and Flint. William R. Chapin, Automotive Hall of Fame Matthew P. Cullen, Rock Ventures, LLC We’ve spent the last year remembering and revisiting two decades William C. Ford, Jr., Ford Motor Company Steven K. Hamp, Hamp Advisors of outstanding outcomes, and now it’s time to take that positive Margery Krevsky, Productions Plus momentum and keep moving forward. We need your support as Faye Nelson, W. K. Kellogg Foundation we continue preserving and promoting our unique automotive and labor heritage! Staff Shawn Pomaville-Size, Executive Director Brian Yopp, Director of Programs & Operations Bob Sadler, Communications Manager Tiffany McFarland, Office Administrator & Event Coordinator Robert Kreipke Shawn Pomaville-Size Chairman, Board of Directors Executive Director

MotorCities National Heritage Area 2 (BELOW) From left to right: Former Automotive Hall CELEBRATION ANNIVERSARY of Fame President Bill Chapin, MotorCities Executive Director Shawn Pomaville-Size, Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and Congressman Paul Mitchell. 20th Anniversary Reunion Gala It was an exciting night at the MotorCities 20th Anniversary Reunion Gala event on August 22, 2018 at the historic and picturesque Packard Proving Grounds in Shelby Township. Guests enjoyed dinner, drinks, silent and live auctions, special guests including Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and Congressman Paul Mitchell, and a program paying tribute to two decades of MotorCities’ success. (Photos by Elayne Gross) (ABOVE) From left to right: MotorCities board members Margaret Hehr and Mark Heppner with Office Administrator and Events Coordinator Tiffany McFarland.

(LEFT) MotorCities Communications Manager Bob Sadler served as auctioneer for the live auction. (LEFT) MotorCities board member Nancy Thompson, Mark Thomas and MotorCities Director of Programs & Operations Brian Yopp. Happy Ann iver sary! (ABOVE) MotorCities Executive Director Shawn Pomaville-Size; (LEFT) Congresswoman Debbie Dingell.

Bottom row, left to right: MotorCities Executive Director Shawn Pomaville-Size, Board Member Nancy Thompson, Board Member Nancy Darga, and Inaugural Executive Director Constance Bodurow; Top row, left to right: MotorCities Director of Programs & Operations Brian Yopp, Former Board ANNUAL REPORT 2018 President Deb Locke-Daniel, Board Member Don Nicholson, State Senator Mike Kowall, and State Senator Steve Beida. 3 Thanks for everything 20 at 20 Champions you’ve accomplished As part of MotorCities 20th Anniversary, we compiled a list of for MotorCities! 20 people who have truly made the organization what it is today. More information on their contributions can be found on our website at MotorCities.org/20at20. CHAMPIONS

CONGRESSMAN DEB LOCKE-DANIEL DON NICHOLSON CONGRESSWOMAN JOHN DINGELL DEBBIE DINGELL Locke-Daniel was When Nicholson first Dingell authored and Executive Director of the became aware of Motor- When the heritage area co-sponsored the Automo- (then) Ypsilanti Area Cities in 2007, he became was proposed, Dingell bile National Heritage Convention & Visitors involved immediately. worked for the GM Act in 1998 to create what Bureau and chair of the He started by attending Foundation and made is now the MotorCities MotorCities board when community meetings, certain that initial resources National Heritage Area. the original legislation taking a seat on the were available to support Dingell retired in 2014, and that founded the heritage Stewardship Council, the effort. Since then, she in 2015, he was the inaugural area was set to expire. getting elected to the has championed the cause recipient of the MotorCities She spent countless hours board of directors, and now as Chair of MotorCities’ Milestone Award, recogniz- working with the board and serves on the Executive Leadership Council, an ing all of his contributions. staff to get MotorCities Committee and as advisory committee, and reauthorized. fundraising chair. as a member of Congress since 2015.

DONN WERLING JACK MILLER DAVID WHITE SANDRA CLARK Werling, former director Miller, who operated the Since the inception of As Director of the Michigan of Fair Lane, the home last Hudson dealership in MotorCities, White worked History Center, Clark added of Clara and Henry Ford, the country, founded the to make sure that the story true statewide perspective helped lead efforts to Ypsilanti Auto Heritage of Flint was not overlooked, to the MotorCities story establish Museum in the Miller leading the charge to from the very beginning. Heritage Trail, which Motors building and resurrect the Flint Vehicle Her leadership was critical expanded to establishing helped keep Ypsilanti’s City arches on Saginaw for receiving the state’s MotorCities. When Werling auto story in the forefront Street assisting with the endorsement to advance retired in 2002, he was as one of the true “Motor restoration of the consideration for the honored with a MotorCities Cities” of Michigan. Durant-Dort Office heritage area. She later Cornerstone Award. Building, the birthplace served as chair of our of General Motors. Board of Directors.

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NANCY THOMPSON NANCY DARGA CONGRESSMAN SENATOR CARL LEVIN One of the early adopters of Darga was one of the found- FRED UPTON Levin supported the estab- the Stewardship Community ing members of MotorCities MotorCities was always lishment of the National concept, Thompson has and championed its cause on meant to tell a broader Heritage Area in 1998, but been responsible for more every level, as a member of story about the region. more importantly in 2014, than 100 of MotorCities’ the Rouge Stewardship Com- It required support from when the original funding wayside exhibits, with the munity, board of directors, municipalities across the authorization for MotorCities largest concentration in and as executive director. She state. Congressman Upton was expiring, he championed Pontiac, along with other just recently retired as Ex- played a critical role in extending it. In 2016, the Oakland County communities. ecutive Director of the Ford extending the heritage retired U.S. Senator became Piquette Avenue Plant, one area west into Kalamazoo. the second recipient of the of our attraction partners. MotorCities Milestone Award.

ED BAGALE CHRISTIAN OVERLAND BILL CHAPIN BOB KREIPKE Bagale was the person It feels like the MotorCities Chapin was a founder of Kreipke is the current Chair who connected the efforts National Heritage Area and MotorCities, witnessing the of our Board of Directors. across the public and Overland grew up together. signing of the bill in 1998. Having spent 40 years with private sector to form Starting as an intern at the He signed our Articles of Ford, the last decade+ as MotorCities, thanks to his Henry Ford Museum, he rose Incorporation, served as their Corporate Historian, role as Vice Chancellor at over 20 years to Executive board chair, and continues he has an immeasurable the University of Michigan Vice President and Chief to be involved. In 2017, appreciation for history. Dearborn. He served as Historian. Working with Bill retired as President In retirement, he is driven our first Board President MotorCities provided a of the Automotive Hall of to share Michigan’s and remained on the Board unique opportunity to expand Fame, one of our attraction automotive heritage with until he retired in 2014. the reach of The Henry Ford. partners. a new generation.

CONSTANCE BODUROW CHARLES BLACKMAN STEVE BEIDA SHAWN POMAVILLE-SIZE As MotorCities’ first execu- Blackman is one of the As Detroit approached its When Shawn Pomaville tive director, Bodurow had few to have the distinction 300th birthday, Steve was became Executive Director the task of orchestrating the of signing MotorCities’ key to the planning of in 2013, she immediately partnership through the Articles of Incorporation. “Transcending,” the labor had to navigate MotorCities process of creating a He taught at Michigan legacy landmark in Hart through its federal reau- general management plan. State University for more Plaza. He has served as thorization process. Since Working with the founders than 30 years, convened both a Senator and Repre- then, she has expanded staff and board members and the Lansing area Steward- sentative of his local district and capacity; revamped building a staff to execute ship Community, and led in the Michigan state our grant program; and the plan all came under her many projects. In 2017, he legislature from 2002 to launched new events like tenure. became the third recipient 2018 and helped found the Michigan Auto Heritage Day. of our Milestone Award. Auto Caucus. ANNUAL REPORT 2018 5 “THE YEAR OF THE CAR” 20 at 20 Programs 1908 was quite a year. The car that In conjunction with MotorCities’ 20th Anniversary, we compiled changed the world and the company a list of 20 of our most impactful programs that represent who we that became the world’s largest auto- are as an organization. You can find more information on these maker would both burst onto the scene a few days apart. In 2008, MotorCities programs at our website: MotorCities.org/20at20.

PROGRAMS recognized the iconic Ford Model T and celebrated the centennial of THE “COMMUNITY HEART General Motors. There were lectures, OF REO” MURAL IN LANSING student contests, books and special events to commemorate a year that Oldsmobile celebrated its 100th should never be forgotten. anniversary in 2004. Its founder, Ransom Olds, called Lansing home, THE GENERAL so the community marked the occasion with a mural saluting him in the “REO MANAGEMENT PLAN Town” section of the city. After 10 After the push to establish the heritage years of wear and tear, the community area, the next step was to figure out again rallied in 2014 to update the how to approach managing activities mural, and it was recently reinstalled across 10,000 square miles. After a on the south wall of the Impression series of community meetings, a 5 Science Center facing the R.E. Olds guiding document was created. Transportation Museum. The general management plan was approved by the Secretary of the THE CREATION OF THE Interior in 2002, representing the MAKINGTRACKS WEBSITE goals and aspirations of the Automobile National Heritage Area. MakingTracks.org looks back at the WAYSIDE EXHIBIT PROGRAM African American experience in the THE DOCUMENTARY auto industry, including the migration The MotorCities wayside exhibit “SECOND SHIFT” program tells the stories of the peo- of workers and families to the Motor ple, places and ideas that make these Cities. The website talks about adjust- In the mid-1990s, it was announced that, communities and our region great. The ment to the north, the climate in their after the final year of production for the project started with a grant from the communities, and treatment at their Olds Alero in 2004, production would Michigan Department of Transportation jobs. It also highlights the triumphs and end at the production facility in Lansing. via the Federal Highway Administration. tragedies of a people who helped build The “Second Shift” documentary picks Since 2008, 270 of these interpretive the auto industry. up the story from there, using first-hand exhibits have been installed. accounts from community and industry leaders to chronicle the unlikely result LAND INFORMATION ACCESS that saw the Lansing area pivot from ASSOCIATION SURVEY PROJECT losing its auto plant to building three new GM facilities that continue to make After the heritage area was established vehicles today. in 1998, MotorCities worked with the Land Information Access Association THE FLINT VEHICLE CITY ARCHES (LIAA), and after hundreds of meeting hours, a small army of enthusiasts In 1899, a series of arches were erected worked to survey more than 1,000 over Flint’s Saginaw Street, the first auto and labor heritage sites. These installation of electrical lighting on a museums, homes, factories, union main street in the country. In 1905, the halls, cemeteries and landmarks “Vehicle City” moniker was added to constituted the pieces of the mosiac one of the arches in tribute to the many that would make up MotorCities. modes of transportation made in the city, including carriages, bicycles, cars, buses and trucks. The arches were Two decades of removed in 1919, but in 2002, a group of citizens started working to resurrect telling our region’s them, and MotorCities supported the unique stories. effort with grant funding. The first

MotorCities National Heritage Area 6 PROGRAMS arches returned in 2003, and the last Woodward Dream Cruise. Beginning in family sitting by the fire in the lodge can 11 were installed in 2008 during the 2007, MotorCities partnered with the still be told. The Friends of the Highland GM Centennial. Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Recreation Area tell that story. Motor- Bureau to unite these auto event Cities has supported multiple grants to “BUILDING THE ENGINE” partners with an outreach program restore and repair parts of the property called Autopalooza, connecting fans of and install interpretive signs. In 2017, MotorCities and the Michigan one event to other communities and Labor History Society worked together events later in the season. Over its 10 PACKARD PROVING GROUNDS to present “Building the Engine: Auto years, Autopalooza drove thousands of One name that became synonymous and Labor, 1932-1937,” a year-long visitors to our region. with auto luxury and reliability was recognition of the seminal auto labor Packard, which began manufacturing moments from those years. Those MICHIGAN AUTO HERITAGE DAY in 1899. Aside from their Detroit plant, events, including the 1932 Ford In 2014, MotorCities launched Mich- the other vestige of the Packard Motor Hunger March, the formation of igan Auto Heritage Day. This day Car Company that remains is its proving UAW in 1935, the Flint Sit-Down also features the annual MotorCities grounds in Shelby Township, a 560-acre Strike in 1936-37 and the Lansing Awards of Excellence, which recognize site where vehicles would be tested for Labor Holiday in June 1937, were outstanding auto-related projects from reliability and comfort. Today, the Pack- all examined through lectures, tours, across the region that have excelled in ard Motor Car Foundation operates 14 events, exhibits, and articles. heritage tourism, preservation or educa- acres of the original property, including tion. The launch of this special day also the historic lodge, engineering building, marked the creation of the Michigan garage and hangar. MotorCities has Legislative Automotive Caucus. provided grants for restoration or reno- vation of many of these structures.

MOTORCITIES KIDZ/STEPHEN YOKICH EDUCATION PROGRAM In 2002, the UAW began their support of MotorCities’ educational programming. The educational outreach was titled the Stephen Yokich Education Program, in honor of the late UAW President. The goal was to bring these stories of ideas,

innovation, social change, triumph labor history is important! GILMORE GARAGE WORKS and tragedy to schools across the In 2012, MotorCities rewarded a grant region. After a number of schools signed up, the program expanded to the Gilmore Car Museum to connect and auto Our shared to a web-based curriculum called THE FORD PIQUETTE PLANT at-risk, Kalamazoo-area high school students with local mentors working on MotorCities KidZ, which inspires a One site that truly reflects the efforts of classic automobiles. What the students new generation of auto enthusiasts. MotorCities is the Ford Piquette Avenue learned about body repair and internal Plant, the first factory Henry Ford built combustion engines paled in compari- CHERRY HILL VILLAGE for the Ford Motor Company. It is the son to what they learned from auto CENTER IN CANTON birthplace of the Model T, the vehicle engineers and professionals from The opportunity to restore an credited with making auto ownership their area who showed them a world original Henry Ford Village affordable in the early 20th century. of possibilities. The program now Industry site to its former Over the years, MotorCities has sup- includes recently graduated students prominence was the motivation ported projects like its master planning, acting as mentors. to create the Cherry Hill Village facade restoration, roof repair and fire Center in Canton. In 2012, suppression system, assuring that this HIGHLAND RECREATION AREA the Partnership for the Arts & National Historic Landmark remains , son of Henry Ford, had a Humanities acquired the Cherry open for its thousands of visitors. second “getaway” home called Haven Hill factory, including the dormitory Hill in what is now White Lake. This land Ford built for disabled veterans working AUTOPALOOZA is now part of the State of Michigan’s there. MotorCities supported multi- Highland Recreation Area, having been ple grants over the years from master Visitors travel to the region every year donated by Eleanor Ford. The property planning to window replacements. The for signature events like the North included a number of buildings. Though Partnership is restoring the factory and American International Auto Show, some of those structures have been dormitory building to provide services Autorama, Back to the Bricks and the lost, a story of an auto magnate and his for veterans once again. ANNUAL REPORT 2018 7 POLLINATOR PLEDGE EFFORTS LAUNCH MotorCities has invited businesses, MotorCities has taken on this project nonprofits, public entities, neighbor- in Michigan with encouragement from hood associations and service clubs the Midwest Region of the National to do what they can in support of Park Service. A kickoff event was held pollinators, including creating in July at the Michigan DNR’s pollinator-friendly habitats and Outdoor Adventure Center in Detroit. planting pollinator-friendly plants. 2018 REVIEW These vital creatures, including bees, butterflies and others that help pollinate America’s fruit, vegetable and grain crops, are declining due to NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHES a variety of reasons, some of which A complete website rebuild are still unknown. culminated in July when the new Thus far, the following organizations MotorCities.org went “live” with have taken the Pollinator Pledge: updated content, improved Michigan Department of Natural navigation and a simpler, more Resources; US Forest Service; Edsel colorful visual look and feel. The and Eleanor Ford House; Fair Lane, site is also designed for optimal the Home of Clara & Henry Ford; viewing on any device. Almost Bees in the D; US Fish and Wildlife immediately, use of the site started Service; DTE Energy; Marathon to increase, with annual totals Petroleum; General Motors; Belle registering new highs for total Isle Conservancy; and Ford Motor users, sessions and page views. Company. We made a pledge to pollinators! 2018 Year in Review

HIGHWAY SIGNS MOVING CLOSER TO REALITY Working with the Michigan Department of Transportation, MotorCities continues to make progress toward the installation of 35 signs on highways welcoming drivers to the National Heritage Area. A contract has been signed with M-DOT, and production and TWO NEW GRANTS RECEIVED FOR FORT installation of the signs is planned STREET BRIDGE INTERPRETIVE PARK to take place during 2019. This past summer, MotorCities Michigan. The funds were established received two grants to support the to support areas important to Wilson Fort Street Bridge Interpretive Park. during his lifetime, such as design/ The project aims to create a park access and community assets. along the historic Fort Street Bridge The Rotary Club of Dearborn to memorialize the 1932 Ford presented a grant for $10,000 toward Hunger March, one of the most the project as part of their program significant events in labor history. to plant trees and bushes throughout The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Legacy the Dearborn and Detroit area. Funds awarded MotorCities $41,000 Construction at the park is slated with the vision of creating impact to get underway in 2019. within the communities of Southeast

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2018 Grant Highlights

Automotive Hall of Fame in Dearborn: Supported the production of new content for the attraction’s website, blog and subscriber emails.

Engineering Society of Detroit in Southfield: Supported production of a special episode of ESD’s popular television show “SciEngiMathexPloration” PHOTO ABOVE: From left to right: MotorCities Director of Operations and Programs Brian Yopp; on trends in the transportation Dan Stahl, son of Mary and Ted Stahl of the Stahls Automotive Foundation, winners in the tourism industry and STEM and skilled category; Steve Shotwell of the Piquette T’s, winners in the education category; Kevin Kirbitz, Operations Manager for GM Factory One, winners in the preservation category; and MotorCities trade careers. Executive Director Shawn Pomaville-Size. Flint Cultural Center: Preserving our MICHIGAN AUTO HERITAGE DAY AND AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE Supported the “Autos of automotive Sloan” exhibit planned for MotorCities, in partnership with the about each of their contributions on the Courtland Center in Burton heritage! Michigan Legislative Auto Caucus, pages 4 and 5 of this report. beginning in June, 2018. honored two individuals and three In addition, the winner of the Award organizations who distinguished of Excellence for Preservation was Friends of Historic themselves in the areas of auto and General Motors Durant-Dort Factory Hamtramck: Supported the labor heritage with its 5th annual One in Flint. renovation of the main Awards of Excellence. The winners were announced during Michigan The Award of Excellence for Heritage exhibit hall of the Hamtramck Auto Heritage Day on December 6, Tourism went to Mary and Ted Stahl Historical Museum to present 2018 in Lansing. of the Stahls Automotive Foundation exhibits including automotive of Chesterfield Township. and union artifacts. State Senator Steve Bieda (D-Warren) Finally, the Award of Excellence for was honored with MotorCities’ annual Jewish Historical Society Milestone Award, and Sandra Clark, Education winner was the Model T director of the Michigan History Outreach Program operated by the of Michigan in West Center, received the MotorCities Casual T’s and Piquette T’s of Detroit. Bloomfield: Supported the Champion Award. You can learn more 2018 J-Cycle bicycle tour of Detroit sharing stories of Jewish heroes and heroines with an interactive route map EVERY KID IN A PARK distributed to riders. CONTINUES AT HISTORIC FORT WAYNE Michigan Institute of MotorCities joined the Detroit Parks Contemporary Art in and Recreation Department, Detroit Lansing: Supporting Public Schools Community District, efforts to expand screenings the Historic Fort Wayne Coalition of the 2014 documentary and more than 20 other partners to “Second Shift: From Crisis present the third annual Every Kid in a to Collaboration” to a Park program at Historic Fort Wayne national audience. in southwest Detroit May 29 to June 1. More than 1,000 fourth graders R.E. Olds Transportation participated in the program, which Museum in Lansing: was launched as part of the National Supported repairs to a Park Service’s 2016 centennial as a portion of the Museum’s Enjoy our parks way to connect fourth graders across roof that have not been the country to their public lands and touched for more than cultural resources. 25 years. ANNUAL REPORT 2018 9 Thanks for your support!! Individual Members* Glenn S. Anderson Frederick Flock Patricia Lembas Bruce Annett Gerard Franchina Wade Leonard Susan Avery Henrietta & Roger Fridholm Frederick Levantrosser Charles Reavis Paul Ayres Jim and Jan Fry Barry Levy Thomas Remington Larry Baber John Gilbert Christine Lezotte John Revitte Gail Bagale Peter Glendinning Jacquelyn &Terry Lindsey James Ridge Donald Baron Donald Graham Roger& Joan Luksik William Romanski Robert Benko Ronald Grantz Anthony Maria Dan & Samantha Ross Janet Bernath Gerald Grzesik David Marold Richard Russell Steve Bieda Gary Gudes Marvin Martin Carl Rychlik Patrick Bisson Gerald Haller M. Peter Martin Harriet and Alvin Saperstein Charles Blackman Patricia Hallman Michael Mazor Majorie Sawruk Terry Boyce Craig Handley Lynne McClenaghan Frank Scheidt

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS INDIVIDUAL Wilbur Burkett Jack Harned Janine McFadden Sharon Scott Robert Burtch Roger E. Hayman Thomas McIntyre Jack Seavitt Mark & Anne Campbell Mark Heppner Gregory Miller Glenn Shagena David Cartwright Frederick Hoffman Ronald Mischo Albert Sheets Christopher Causley Sandra Horton Ann & Stephen Misterovich Randy Shelton Robert Causley Al Houtman Margaret Mouzon Charles Sinche William Chapin Ronald Hutchins Thomas Mudd Michael Skinner Raymond Christie Wayne Johnson Thomas Mullins Robert Sovis John Clor Tom M. Johnson, M.D. Kathleen Mullins Gary Stroze Thomas Coles Frank Jones Peter Murdoch Sandra Harvey Curley Harold Jones Julie and John Neilson John Summerville Jim Curran David Kalen Bruce Nelson Gillian Talwar Chuck Dalton David Kalinowski Paul Neuburger Geoffrey Taylor Michael & Nancy Darga Bob Kellum Joseph Neussendorfer Dr. Doris Taylor Ph.D. Robert Degenhart Larry Kelsch William Nikels Mark Thomas Jaqueline Dick Kevin Kirbitz David & Joyce Novak Dave Thomas James Dimond Gerald Klein Michael O’Callaghan Nancy Thompson James Dixon Jean Knowles Ramona Oliverio Robyn Tonkin Russell Dore Richard Kollins Thomas Page John Tucker Paul Draus Henry Kosciuszko, III Rebecca Pettengill Richard Tweddle Kenneth & Helen Ehrenhofer Gregory Kowalski Herbert G. Pfabe, Jr. Norman Twork Gerald Elmy Richard & Barbara Krueger James Pita Roger Tyyska David Elsila David Langdon Shawn Pomaville-Size Douglas Wallace Sanda Engel Lori Lanspeary Arthur Pope Charles Watson Gayle & Reynolds Farley Sandra Lapadot Kenneth Poynter Mark & Lori Weber Thomas Farris William Lapeer Allen Pruehs Ed Weichsler Lila Fedokovitz William Lawson Stephen Purdy Robert Weidendorf Nancy Finegood Matthew Lee Lynn Raade Jay Wetzel Patrick Fitzgerald Robert Lees Donald Rash Geneva Wiskemann Mitchell Fleischer Keith Leigh-Monstevens Richard Ray Nelson Zuchetto *Memberships purchased between October 1, 2017 and September 30, 2018

Automotive Hall of Fame Michigan History Museum MEMBERSHIP Detroit Historical Museum Michigan Military Technical BENEFITS Detroit Institute of Arts & Historical Society Edsel & Eleanor Ford House Old Mill Museum Members joining for 2019 also received Ford Piquette Avenue Plant Plymouth Historical Museum expanded benefits, as 17 of our partner Gilmore Car Museum R.E. Olds Transportation Museum attractions offered admission or The Henry Ford Roush Automotive Collection gift shop discounts for MotorCities Meadow Brook Hall Alfred P. Sloan Museum members showing their card. The Michigan Firehouse Museum Yankee Air Museum attractions include: Details on the specific discounts can be found at MotorCities.org/Membership.

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Financial Report - Fiscal Year 2018 MOTORCITIES REVENUE AND SUPPORT NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA

Grant from National Park Service $ 491,000 GENERATES $410.4 MILLION Contributions $ 28,244 IN ECONOMIC IMPACT In-Kind Donations $ 449,335 Miscellaneous Income $ 53,326 SUPPORTS 4,560 JOBS Total Revenue and Support $1,021,905

EXPENSES Tourism $ 119,442

Revitalization $ 230,513 GENERATES $ Interpretation & Education $ 617,098 35.4 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE Supporting Services $ 104, 351

Total Expenses $1,071,404

You helped ECONOMIC make all of IMPACT this possible— Thanks!!!! In 2018, the MotorCities National Heritage Area funded $68,413 in grants leveraging $407,242 in community impact.

did you 92% ?know of every dollar goes directly into programs for MotorCities NHA

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