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MANAGER’S MESSAGE
J.G. TED GILLARY
Our focus in the coming months
and years leading up to the
Clubhouse anniversary in 2015
remains centered on solid strategic
thinking, the overall understanding of our
place in the community and those ideas, values, plans and
programs needed to secure the DAC’s future.
Not all organizations successfully face the complexity of a
strategic vision, but I am happy to say that at the DAC our
Vision 2015 plan truly helps your management team and the
Board to move ahead in a logical and rational fashion to
achieve important goals such as a full membership, service to
and involvement in the community, sharing the DAC’s
amazing story and much more.
Let’s be clear as well that it is our intent to shape the future
with a strategic vision that does not clash with the need to
manage the complex level of tactical details needed to run this
great Club each day. Thankfully, the very success we’ve had
developing and sustaining our vision shows that we are indeed
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on the right track.
Besides major DAC renovation projects underway
throughout the Clubhouse this summer, we remain focused
on securing our future through a renewed commitment to
the city. Since our success is closely tied to Detroit our
partnership with groups like the Detroit Entertainment
District Association is critical. This influential group, mostly
made up of DAC members, is striving to improve the
immediate area within the district and the greater Detroit
community.
In fact, the DEDA’s efforts are beginning to show real
results now that the state’s department of transportation has
acknowledged the potential to fund part of our streetscape
plan along Madison Avenue from the exit ramp at I-75/I-375
to Grand Circus Park.
The DEDA, with the DAC at the forefront, is a great
example of a strong strategic partner whose broader vision
connects closely with the Club’s in our efforts to serve the area
and be a driving force for the good of Detroit.