OF TRANSFORMATION 2020 ANNUAL REPORT FISCAL YEAR: JULY 1, 2019 – JUNE 20, 2020 DOWNTOWN MOBILE ALLIANCE • DOWNTOWN MOBILE DISTRICT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION • MAIN STREET MOBILE LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT It is interesting that we began this journey in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. This 2005 tropical storm did significant damage in downtown, especially from storm surge and high winds. The cleanup went on for weeks. Suffice it to say the BID Services Team was not the well-oiled machine that it is now. They did not even have trucks and equipment. Such things had to be rented as we were just beginning to set up the program when the storm hit. This year’s annual report celebrates not only FY 2019-20, but the last 15 years of the Business Improvement District. You will see that millions of pounds of trash and leaves have been removed, hundreds of thousands of flowers have been planted, and 10,000 motorists assisted. You will also see a commitment to telling the story of downtown’s growth day-by-day in the highest quality manner resources will allow. You will see a commitment to education and planning. This has included providing funding and leadership for the New Plan for Mobile and the form based zoning code for downtown called the Downtown Development District. You will see a spirit of initiative that grasps opportunities to improve downtown through legislative acts. This is evidenced WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES! in the go-cup zone allowed by the Entertainment District This time last year we were bullish on the opportunities of legislation, the Sidewalk Café bill, the Brunch Bill, and the life- 2020. The BID was being renewed through 2025 with an changing Alabama Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credit. ambitious plan for new programs and possible expansion. Suddenly in March of 2020, the city, state, and nation began The Downtown Mobile Alliance teammates wake up every day shutting down and everyone was learning the importance of inspired by the opportunity to make Downtown Mobile a place a good relationship with the IT guy. To say that 2020 has been of economic strength and life-affirming wonderment. We are humbling would be an understatement. grateful to you, our members and supporters, for the monetary and emotional support you provide us. Together we will survive What to do when faced with a rapidly evolving, blessedly rare this moment. situation? Huddle. We made the decision to do everything we could to keep downtown front of mind for our customers. The Elizabeth P. Stevens BID team doubled down on being custodians of the streets and President & CEO sidewalks. The office staff kept working—at first from home and then back in the office. We focused on short term triage while keeping an eye on the long term development of downtown. Under confusing and ever changing circumstances, your Downtown Mobile Alliance team did not miss a beat. DOWNTOWN MOBILE ALLIANCE Elizabeth P. Stevens Fred Rendfrey Carol Hunter Jim Russo Jessica White Linda Bowles President & CEO Economic Communications Finance Director Office Manager Executive Assistant Development Director Director BID OPERATIONS RETIREMENTS Team Leads Stewards We had a few notable retirements Michael Roberts Scott Mills in 2020: Denise Browning, Financial Kenneth Abner Lorenzo Franklin Consultant, 2009-2019 and Hap Clayvon Fletcher Kern, Horticulturist, 2012-2020. Regents Jacqulin Campbell Lamont Williams Leroy Lyles Clayton Ratledge Greg Turner Lethel Brown Operations Manager Andrew Stark David Lewis 2019-2020 CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD* Ryan Allenbach, Alabama Power Co. Richard Stimpson, Rebecca Byrne, Bill Appling, St. Joachim Street Properties* Leavell Investment Management* Community Foundation of South Alabama John Arendall, 22nd State Bank* Joseph P. Toole, The Retirement Systems of Alabama* VICE CHAIRMAN FOR ECONOMIC Jerry Arnold, Armstrong & Associates DEVELOPMENT* Bertha Boatman, Amber Consulting* Reggie Washington, Southern National Theresa Wilson-Lollar, Steven McMahon, OSLC LLC The Hon. Jerry Carl, Mobile County Commission* Hampton Inn & Suites Mobile* VICE CHAIRMAN FOR PUBLIC REALM* Bob Chappelle, Mobile Chamber of Commerce* Sam Winter, Sam Winter and Company Ginna Inge, The Steeple on St. Francis David Clark, Visit Mobile MAYOR DESIGNEE* VICE CHAIRMAN FOR MEMBERSHIP Brad Custred, Project 202 LLC* Matt Anderson, City of Mobile & MARKETING Josh Dindo, White-Spunner Construction John Browning, Burr & Forman LLP Chris Esfeller, Regions Bank* EX OFFICIO VICE CHAIRMAN FOR STRATEGIC INITIATIVES John Goodloe, Parkview Plaza LLC* The Hon. Levon Manzie, Mobile City Council President Taylor Atchison, RATA Investments Allen E. “Teeto” Graham, Phelps Dunbar LLP Matt LeMond, O’Daly’s Irish Pub* TREASURER* HONORARY DIRECTORS Arthur J. Madden, Madden & Soto* Sam Covert, APCO Retired Jacquitta Powell-Green, Sharon Moffatt, Spire Gulf Coast Tyrone Fenderson, Synovus CNBancorp Holding Company Self Radcliff, The Radcliff-Schatzman Group Cooper Thurber, Phelps Dunbar SECRETARY* April Smith, Adams and Reese LLP Maggie Smith, Soul Kitchen Music Hall Mary Anne Ball, Bienville Properties *Denotes members who serve on both the Heath Stephens, IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT* DMA and DMDMC Board of Directors Hargrove Controls + Automation* Margo Gilbert, Battle House Hotel 2019-2020 LEADERSHIP CIRCLE Logical Computer Solutions Alabama Power Company McDowell Knight Roedder & Sledge Alabama State Port Authority Meridian at the Port* Austal USA Mostellar & Shreve, LLP Burr & Forman LLP Norton Lilly International Hargrove Engineering Oakworth Capital Bank Marine Rigging, Inc Bellingrath Gardens & Home O’Daly’s Irish Pub LEADERSHIP COUNCIL Maurin Architecture PC Big Brothers Big Sisters Radcliff - Schatzman Group Adams & Reese LLP McElhaney Insurance Agency, Inc of South Alabama Rayford & Associates Ambrecht Jackson, LLP McNair Historic Preservation Inc Boys and Girls Club Renaissance Riverview Plaza Hotel of South Alabama C Spire Mediterranean Sandwich Canfor Southern Pine, Inc Robert P. Hall, II & Associates, P.C. Company Bragg Mitchell Mansion Hand Arendall Harrison Sale, LLC Roberts Brothers, Inc Milling Commercial Realty, Inc. Christ Church Cathedral Mobile Airport Authority Rogers and Willard, Inc Mobile Yoga Center* Coastal Alabama Partnership NAI-Mobile, LLC ServisFirst Moe’s Original BBQ Downtown Conde Charlotte House Museum Phelps Dunbar, LLP Shore Acres Plant Farm Noble South, LLC Exploreum Science Center PNC Finance Services Group Spot of Tea Olde Mobile Antiques Gallery Fuse Project Regions The Battle House, Olensky Brothers Inc Historic Mobile Preservation A Renaissance Hotel Society Spire Gulf Inc. Person’s Services Corp The Royal Scam History Museum of Mobile Starnes Davis Florie, LLP Phoenix Restoration Services* Volkert Mobile Area Association Trustmark Platform 85 of Realtors Ward Properties Wells Fargo Bank Port City Pups Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce Warren Averett Companies, LLC White-Spunner Construction, Inc. POST Mobile Arts Council Wet Willies Management Corp Quality Inn Downtown Mobile Ballet, Inc. BUSINESS ADVOCATE White-Spunner Realty, Inc. RATA Investments Mobile Baykeeper 22nd State Bank* BUSINESS SUPPORTER Ron Barrett, LLC Mobile Carnival Association Alabama Court Reporting* Rooster’s 1702 Real Estate, LLC Mobile County Health Department Armstrong & Associates Sam Winter & Company, Inc AHI Corporate Housing Mobile Museum of Art BB&T Sign Source Alabama Coast Multimedia Mobile Opera Burns, Cunningham & Mackey, PC Soul Kitchen All In Credit Union Mobile Public Library Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Southern Earth Sciences, Inc ASM Mobile Civic Center Mobile Symphony Dumas & O’Neal, LLP Southern National/Steel Smokin’ ASM Saenger Theatre Mobile United Cooper/T. Smith Squid Ink Eclectic Eats & Drinks Bama Pest Control National Maritime Museum Dauphins, LLC Synovus of the Gulf of Mexico Boo Radley’s Delashmet & Marchand PC The Cheese Cottage National Society of the Colonial Candlewood Suites Downtown Dames of America In Alabama Dogwood Productions The Haunted Book Shop CannaBama Richards DAR House Museum Fort Conde Inn The Point Chick-fil-A South Alabama Regional Planning Goodwyn Mills & Cawood, Inc. The Ruby Slipper Café, LLC Coastal Makers* Commission Gulf States Engineering, Inc. The Steeple on St. Francis Commonwealth National Bank The Community Foundation of Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown Thomas Properties Crescent Theater South Alabama Hancock Whitney TK Escape dakinstreet, LLC U.S.S. ALABAMA Battleship Helmsing Leach Toomey’s Mardi Gras Candy Co, Inc. Commission Exchange 202 Heroes Sports Bar & Grille Unity Fiber* United Way of Southwest Alabama Fit Recruiting Hummingbird Ideas WHLC Architecture AL, LLC University of South Alabama Gulf Coast Shows Foundation Inge & Associates Wilkins Miller, LLC Hamilton & Company, LLC Waterfront Rescue Mission, Inc. Jubilee Landscape Management, Inc. Willis Towers Watson Innerspaice Wilmer Hall KV Properties, LLC Wintzell’s Oyster House Johnstone Adams, LLC Lagniappe YMCA of South Alabama L. Craig Roberts Architect, AIA PC Leavell Investment NON-PROFIT Lafayette Land Management, Inc. 100 Black Men of Greater Mobile Legal Imaging, LLC LODA Bier Garten Alabama Coastal Foundation *Denotes New Member BID SERVICES 2,600,000 6,800 900 POUNDS OF TRASH AND LEAVES GRAFFITI HITS AND STICKERS PILES OF DEBRIS REMOVED REMOVED 138,000 410 FLOWERS PLANTED 4,500 SAFETY ESCORTS FLOWER BEDS PLANTED 137,000 237 VISITORS ASSISTED 3,800 TREES PLANTED SAFETY HAZARDS REPORTED 55,000 216 HOURS OF SIDEWALK SWEEPING 2,700 POLICE ASSISTS INSTANCES OF HUMAN