Fueling
Fueling Local
Local Economies
Economies With
With Living
Living Streets
Streets
The Denver Perspective
January 28, 2009
Fueling
Fueling Local
Local Economies…
Economies…
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
Lessons
Lessonsfrom
fromDNMI
DNMI
Pilot
PilotDistricts
Districts


Common
CommonThemes
Themes
Common
CommonSolutions
Solutions


Promising
PromisingIdeas
Ideas
Next
NextSteps
Steps
Denver Living Streets
About
About DNMI
DNMI
Denver’s
Denver’sNeighborhood
NeighborhoodMarketplace
MarketplaceInitiative
Initiative(DNMI)
(DNMI)isisaanew
newapproach
approachtoto
strengthening
strengtheningand
andenhancing
enhancingDenver’s
Denver’sdiverse
diverseneighborhood
neighborhooddistricts.
districts.
 Develop
Developand
andexecute
executestrategies
strategiestotodrive
drivegrowth
growthininthe
theCity’s
City’surban
urban
neighborhoods.
neighborhoods.
 Develop
Developstronger
strongerpublic/private
public/privatepartnerships.
partnerships.
 Develop
Developmethods
methodstotomeasure
measuremarketplace
marketplacesuccess
successand
andallocate
allocatethe
theappropriate
appropriate
tools
toolsand
andinvestment
investmenttotofoster
fosterrevitalization
revitalizationand
andgrowth.
growth.
 Build
Buildlong-lasting
long-lastingrelationships
relationshipsthat
thatconnect
connectneighborhoods
neighborhoodswith
withbusinesses
businessesand
and
bring
bringnew
newresources
resourcestotoDenver’s
Denver’surban
urbanmarkets.
markets.
Denver Living Streets
The
The DNMI
DNMI Process
Process
The
Thelong-term
long-termplan
planisistotohelp
help“advance”
“advance”neighborhood
neighborhoodbusiness
businessdistricts
districtstoto
self-sufficiency.
self-sufficiency.The
Theprocess
processincluded
includedworking
workingwith
withP.U.M.A.
P.U.M.A.and
andOED
OED
to:
to:
1.1. Determine
Determineaadistrict’s
district’sstage
stageofofdevelopment.
development.
2.2. Based
Basedupon
uponthe
thestage,
stage,determine
determinewhich
whichcity
citytools
toolsand
andresources
resourcescan
canbe
be
deployed
deployedtotothe
thegreatest
greatestimpact.
impact.
3.3. Support
Supportthe
thecreation
creationofofaa“District
“DistrictDevelopment
DevelopmentPlan”
Plan”––covering
covering33toto77years
years––
that
thataddresses
addresseslocal
localmarket
marketneeds
needsand
andappropriate
appropriatecommunity
communityand
andeconomic
economic
development
developmenttools,
tools,and
andsets
setsexpectations
expectationsfor
forpublic/private
public/privatepartnerships
partnershipsfor
for
moving
movingthe
thedistrict
districtforward.
forward.
4.4. Create
Createperformance
performancemeasurements
measurementstotogauge
gaugethe
thedistrict’s
district’sprogress
progressininmeeting
meeting
goals
goalsoutlined
outlinedininthe
thedistrict’s
district’splan.
plan.
Denver Living Streets
The
The DNMI
DNMI Pilots
Pilots
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
Cherry
CherryCreek
CreekNorth
North
Colfax
ColfaxBluebird
BluebirdDistrict
District


Morrison
MorrisonRoad
RoadCorridor
Corridor
Tennyson
TennysonStreet
Street
 Welton
WeltonCorridor
Corridor
Denver Living Streets
DNMI
DNMI Common
Common Themes
Themes
 Small
Smallbusiness
businesssupport
support
 Parking
Parkingmanagement
management
 Outdated
Outdatedland
landuse
usecodes
codes
 Neighborhood
Neighborhoodconnections
connections
 “Living
“LivingStreets”
Streets”
Denver Living Streets
Common
Common Solutions
Solutions for
for Living
Living Streets
Streets
 Enhanced
Enhancedinfrastructure
infrastructure
(streetscapes,
(streetscapes,landscaping,
landscaping,lighting)
lighting)
 Traffic
Trafficcalming
calming
 Pedestrian
Pedestriancrossings
crossings
 More
Moresidewalk
sidewalkactivity
activity
(cafes,
(cafes,enhanced
enhancedwalkability)
walkability)
 Public
Publicart
art
Denver Living Streets
Promising
Promising Ideas
Ideas
Neighborhood/Business
Neighborhood/BusinessDistrict
DistrictPartnerships
Partnerships
 Community
CommunityImprovement
ImprovementDistricts
Districts
((70%
70%ofofBluebird
Bluebirdresident
residentsurvey
surveyrespondents
respondentswould
wouldconsider
considerCID
CID))
 Mobilize
MobilizeVolunteers
Volunteers
((55%
55%ofofTennyson
Tennysonrespondents
respondentswould
wouldvolunteer
volunteertotoimprove
improvepark
park))
 Community
CommunityActivism
Activism
((new
newWelton
Weltonbusiness-neighborhood
business-neighborhoodcoalition
coalitionemerging
emerging))
 Community
CommunityVenture
VentureCapital
Capital
(community
(communityinvestment
investmentfund
fundsuggested
suggestedtotoseed
seedEast
EastColfax
Colfaxbusinesses)
businesses)
Denver Living Streets
Next
Next Steps…
Steps…
Market
MarketOpportunity
OpportunityAnalysis
Analysisfor
forDenver’s
Denver’sLiving
LivingStreets
Streets
 Aim
Aimtotoidentify
identifyimpacts
impactsofofLiving
LivingStreets
Streetson
onjobs,
jobs,sales,
sales,values
valuesand
and
fiscal
fiscalreturn.
return.
 Analysis
Analysiswill
willlook
lookatat
two
twotypes
typesofofcorridors…
corridors…

Vehicular

Vehicularcorridor
corridor
(Leetsdale)
(Leetsdale)

Traditional
Traditionalstreetcar
streetcar
corridor
corridor(Colfax)
(Colfax)
Denver Living Streets
Next
Next Steps…
Steps…
Market
MarketOpportunity
OpportunityAnalysis
Analysisfor
forDenver’s
Denver’sLiving
LivingStreets
Streets
 Analysis
Analysistotoinclude…
include…

Neighborhood
Neighborhooddemographics,
demographics,changes
changes&&trends
trends

Surveys
Surveysofofbusinesses
businessesand
andresidents
residents

Identify
Identifydevelopment
developmentopportunities
opportunities
 Economic
EconomicImpacts
ImpactsofofLiving
LivingStreets
Streets


Case
Casestudies
studiesfrom
fromother
othercities
cities
Denver Living Streets
Fueling
Fueling Local
Local Economies
Economies With
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January 28, 2009