2010 Annual Report - Downtown Baltimore

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our initiativesBUSINESS & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - We encourage business and retail growth by marketing the area to existing andpotential businesses, engaging public and private institutions on Downtown’s behalf, strategic planning, small andminority business outreach, transportation and parking improvement strategies, public arts initiatives, and byresearching and analyzing trends and economic indicators that we publish in a variety of reports, including: the State ofDowntown Report – an annual economic analysis of Downtown Baltimore; the Downtown Baltimore Development Report;and timely monthly business development and investment updates.MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTS - The Partnership promotes Downtown as the region’s top business,residential, cultural, and entertainment destination, utilizing business networking and keynote events, marketing andinformational publications, media relations, and retention programs. We reach out to individual consumers withadvertising and public relations campaigns, and through special events and promotions like First Thursdays in HopkinsPlaza, Kids Month, and Baltimore’s Summer and Winter Restaurant Weeks. We support these efforts with two websites,GoDowntownBaltimore.com, our main site, and GetAroundDowntown.com, which is targeted to Downtown visitors andcommuters.HOSPITALITY, SAFETY & OUTREACH - Within the 106-block Downtown Management Authority (DMA) district, we providea range of services that create a more comfortable and inviting environment for Downtown employees, visitors, andresidents. Our efforts include deployment of Downtown Baltimore Guides, Courtesy Escorts, the Video Patrol network, thePublic Safety Coalition, the Street Smart awareness campaign, outreach to the homeless, and panhandling deterrence.IMPROVING THE EXTERIOR ENVIRONMENT - We also provide cleaning, maintenance, and landscaping services within theDMA with the goal of keeping Downtown clean, attractive, and well-maintained. Our Clean Sweep Ambassadors removelitter and graffiti on a daily basis, and provide jobs to formerly homeless individuals who need workforce training and asolid start to a new life. The new Green Team deploys Park Stewards to landscape Downtown’s parks and plazas, andmaintain the more than 300 flower pots we ‘ve placed throughout the area. We also make capital improvements toDowntown’s open spaces, through our Streetscape and Facade Improvement Programs, and, with the help of our partners,we’ve deployed a wayfinding signage system to help everyone navigate Downtown’s diverse neighborhoods.
downtown partnership administrative staffPresidentKirby FowlerJoy Handy-Lane:Senior Executive AssistantAdministrative ServicesMichele Rutkowski: Executive Vice President& Chief Operating OfficerTashia Bagwell: Administrative AssistantKimberly Bell: Accounting CoordinatorDebbie Campbell: Human ResourcesDirectorMichael Cook: Information TechnologyDirectorRegina Green: Payroll ManagerStephanie Hartsell: Finance DirectorMichael Menser: Systems AnalystCapital Projects & Green TeamBob Dengler: Vice President,Capital Projects & Constituent ServicesLito Tongson: Project Management &Contracts Administration DirectorDianne Wheaton: Parks & Plazas DirectorCommunicationsMichael Evitts: Vice President,Communications & ResearchAubrey Westgate: Communications &Research CoordinatorEconomic DevelopmentNan Rohrer: Vice President,Economic Development & PlanningMackenzie Paull: Retail & EconomicDevelopment ManagerCaroline Peri: Economic Development& Residential Outreach CoordinatorLaToya Staten: Economic DevelopmentDirectorMarketing & EventsDavid Carrodine: Vice President,MarketingKristi Halford: Advertising & MarketingDirectorNicole McGlynn: Marketing DirectorMembershipLinda House: Vice President,Business DevelopmentShannon Brown: Membership & EventsManagerKate McGraw: Membership ManagerAlexa Pollokoff: Membership & EventsCoordinatorOperations ProgramsTom Yeager: Executive Vice President,Operations ProgramsKevin Harris: Vice President,Public Space MaintenanceBertina Silver: Vice President,Downtown Baltimore GuidesBob Bolek: Video Patrol CoordinatorRobert Gibson: Downtown Baltimore GuideManagerJewelry Huntley: Building MaintenanceAssistantTracey Johnson: Receptionist & DispatcherLarry Lewis: Public Safety Coalition DirectorPatricia Merritt: Assistant to V.P. of PublicSpace MaintenanceKirk Mitchell:Homeless Outreach CoordinatorDonner Powell: Downtown Baltimore GuideManagerSpecial thanks to the 100 womenand men who wear a DowntownPartnership uniform and work each daymaking Downtown Baltimore cleaner,friendlier, and more prosperous.
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