Downtown Vision continues to work hard to make Downtown Jacksonville a great place to live, work, visit and invest. Our board of directors, staff and Letter from Ambassadors are passionate about making Downtown better and believe a better Downtown means a better Jacksonville. For more than 15 years we have led efforts to keep DTJax clean and safe, ensuring the best possible Downtown experience for all our Downtown residents and visitors. We work to educate people on all the amazing attractions, amenities and benefits of Downtown. This past year, we continued to innovate new ways to complete our mission -- including promoting Downtown’s growing startup ecosystem and bringing Vision’s parklets to Downtown Jacksonville. We also held our very first DTJax Gala fundraiser, a sell-out event bringing together all those who support Chair & CEO Downtown. Downtown Vision continues to support all of the businesses and merchants of Downtown, and is constantly connecting with new businesses seeking to relocate Downtown. With more residents, businesses, retail and amenities being added every day, we believe Downtown Jacksonville will continue to About Downtown Vision grow as the premiere urban center in our region. Downtown Vision is the Business Improvement District (BID) for Downtown Jacksonville, a not-for-profit organization funded by We invite you to learn more about us at downtownjacksonville.com. Sign Downtown’s commercial property owners through a self-assessment. We are governed by a board of directors representing diverse up for our DTJax Weekly e-Newsletter, attend a quarterly stakeholder stakeholders in Downtown. Aligned with the City of Jacksonville’s Downtown Investment Authority in a public-private partnership, meeting and enjoy the wonderful amenities and community in Downtown we focus on four strategic pillars: Jacksonville. Clean and Safe/ Marketing Ambassador #DTJAX Services Information Experience Management Creation Downtown Vision exists as both a 501(c)6 non-profit business league association and a 501(c)3 charitable corporation, providing our members and supporters with a wide range of support and benefits. our Mission: our Vision: Debbie Buckland Jacob A. Gordon Esq. Create and support a vibrant Downtown and promote Downtown A dynamic 24-hour pedestrian friendly Board Chair CEO as an exciting place to live, work, visit and invest. Downtown Jacksonville that serves as the premier center Market President, BB&T Downtown Vision for the arts, dining, retail, entertainment, business and urban living in Northeast Florida. 1 2 DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE (DTJAX) & THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT Downtown Boundary Downtown Vision Business Improvement District Boundary CENTER OF JACKSONVILLE & THE FIRST COAST: NORTHEAST FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE PENSACOLA JACKSONVILLE Jacksonville int’l Georgia airport (15 Mi.) Amelia Island ORLANDO & Fernandina Atlantic TAMPA ocean I-295 mayport naval I-95 station (18 mi.) FT. LAUDERDALE MIAMI Atlantic beach Downtown Jacksonville (16 mi.) I-10 St. Johns river Jax beach St. Johns Town (16 mi.) Center (10.5 mi.) JTB/202 jacksonville naval air station tpc sawgrass (25 mi.) (11 mi.) I-95 I-295 St. Augustine Orlando & daytona 3 Keeping Dtjax Special Project: Parklets Parklets, small parks constructed in one or more parallel parking spaces, are part of a national movement of low-cost, high- Clean & Safe impact “tactical urbanism” projects. To reclaim urban spaces for people instead of cars, these semi-permanent structures are designed to create a welcoming space for people to relax, interact and enjoy the city atmosphere around them, while animating Downtown’s cleanliness, safety and hospitality the street-level experience for local businesses, residents and visitors. Here is our path to parklets in #DTJax. team, our Downtown Ambassadors provide extra eyes and ears on the street seven days a week and work closely with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office to create a welcoming Downtown environment. March 2016 Fall 2015 Our inaugural #DTJax Gala dtjax.com/cleanandsafe ULI North Florida receives a $15,000 Urban Land Institute (ULI) raises more than $15,000 to Innovation Grant for Building Healthy Places. DVI matches the fund the construction of the grant funding and together with the City’s Downtown Investment first parklet in #DTJax. Authority (DIA), we set out to develop a parklet program. HOURS TOURISM & HOSPITALITY ANNUAL SERVING HOSPITALITY & UMBRELLA 22K DTJAX 16K ASSISTS 970 ESCORTS STATISTICS Summer 2016 Spring 2016 The Downtown Parklet Program Manual and design A consultant team of planners, architects and guidelines are approved by DIA’s board of directors advocates is selected to develop a handbook and the Downtown Design Review Board (DDRB). for the parklet program using existing City BLOCK FACES TONS OF NUISANCE SAFETY/CODE processes. Windmill Consulting, Content PRESSURE REPORTS VIOLATIONS LITTER Using the manual, we secure permits from the City Design Group and TransForm Jax, spend five REMOVED WASHED 8K RESOLVED 940 REPORTED 28K 180 to build the first parklet. We partner with The Brick months engaging DVI, ULI, DIA, various City Coffee House to sponsor and manage the first parklet departments, and Downtown businesses and in #DTJax. stakeholders to create a map for sponsors to implement parklets. EMBER PT 1 E 6 S 2016 PARK (ing) DAY Fall 2016 September 16, 2016 The first parklet is constructed by Auld & White Constructors Downtown Ambassadors provide Ambassador Lydia Cobbert Our Northbank Security Network Our Downtown Information & To celebrate parklets, we organize and opens on Adams Street in front of The Ed Ball Building. necessary landscaping services, was recognized as #DTJax monthly meetings facilitate Safety Network (DISN) e-blasts the return of Park(ing) Day to DTJax. The Downtown Parklet Program Manual is available to Sixteen locations host one-day pop- potential sponsors with the DIA accepting applications. such as weeding and mulching Ambassador of the Year in critical dialogue among property alert stakeholders to critical up parklets animating the streets of tree pits, maintaining more 2016 at the DTJax Gala, and managers and the Jacksonville issues, such as street and bridge #DTJax. More than 1,500 employees than 50 hanging flower baskets Ambassador Michael Ryan was Sheriff’s Office on safety and closures, construction projects, and visitors relax, enjoy meals, play OPEN and assisting in numerous a 2015 ROSE Award finalist quality-of-life issues. and events impacting access in games and more in the parklets. community clean-up projects. for the Recognition of Service the Downtown area. Excellence in Northeast Florida. 5 6 Promoting an Authentic DTJax Special Project: The Elbow The City of Jacksonville through its Downtown Investment Authority has laid out a road map for Downtown prosperity in their Community Revitalization Area (CRA) and Business Investment and Development (BID) plans. We work closely with DIA and Entertainment District stakeholders under the #DTJax brand to accomplish the No. 1 goal of this plan, to “reinforce Downtown as the City’s unique epicenter for business, history, culture, education, and entertainment.” We work with stakeholders, bars, restaurants and venues to develop and promote “The Elbow,” a growing entertainment district in #DTJax. Committed to creating an authentic entertainment experience,The Elbow offers a wealth of diverse, walkable and award- #DTJAX APP DTJAX.COM #DTJAX WEEKLY winning culinary, nightlife, live music and performance venues. We launched The Elbow Entertainment District Marketing Co- @DTJAX Operative in 2015 and this year, won the International Downtown Association’s Award of Excellence for this collaborative effort. LAUNCHED IN JUNE 2016 TOP 5 REASONS PEOPLE VISIT: E-NEWSLETTER EVENTS, DINING, PARKING, EVENTS, NIGHTLIFE, LIVING BUSINESS theelbowjax.com / @TheElbowJax DIRECTORY, 73K 22.7K MAPPING & COMBINED FOLLOWERS READERS CONSUME YELP REVIEWS ON FACEBOOK, FEATURED EVENTS, PUSH NOTIFICATIONS FOR 960K PAGE VIEWS ANNUALLY DTJAX NEWS, SPECIAL EVENTS & TWITTER & INSTAGRAM BLOG STORIES & NEW OPENINGS BLOGDTJAX.COM DOWNTOWN VISION UPDATES theelbowjax.com/ 24.3M artwalkafterdark 1800+ 53K #DTJAX HASHTAG DOWNLOADS IN 4 MONTHS PAGE VIEWS ANNUALLY REACH Our marketing cooperative promotes the district through EDUCATING VISITORS LEVERAGING RELATIONSHIPS theelbowjax.com and online directory, @TheElbowJax social media, 100,000 #DTJax Maps are distributed annually and This year we launched quarterly #DTJax advertising buys, district maps, signage and spray chalk, and #DTJax Kiosk Posters highlight seasonal events. Marketer Meet-ups to bring together cultural, permanent and movable murals, plus: entertainment, tourism and civic marketers jazzfestafterdark.com & OUR EVENTS 5th Annual Jax Truckies Food Truck Championship Sea of Blue Firefighter Memorial March Corpses & Cocktails Adult Camp-In & The Jacksonville Kid’s Mural Festival Downtown Jacksonville MOSH FULL 1 The Jacksonville Landing 12 22 in #DTJax to encourage cross-promotion and Fear Less – TEDxJacksonville 2016 Bank of America Museums on Us Weekend 2016 Bold City Cigar Festival Florida Theatre MOCA Jacksonville 15 & HOLA Jacksonville Festival Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk EVENT #ilovejax Beerfest The Jacksonville Landing Hemming Park JAX Chamber Jacksonville Armada FC vs. New York Cosmos Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Oakland Raiders Jacksonville Fall 2016 Home & Patio Show EverBank Field DETAILS: Prime F. Osborn III Convention Center Jacksonville