@ Western Technical College @ The Doerflinger Building @ Belle Square @ The Urban Hotel Boom @ Riverside North

SOCIAL EQUITY ECONOMIC INCLUSIVITY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Wisconsin Downtown Action Council

Carbon Footprint Social Equity Cost of Infrastructure Environmental Consequence Generational Obligation Environmental Vulnerability Immobile Poor and Elderly Depopulation Political Parochialism Tax Obligation Farm Impacts and Food Access Upward Mobility .

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“Happiness is a house with many rooms, but at its core is a hearth around which we gather with family, friends, the community, and sometimes even strangers to find the best part of ourselves.” Charles Montgomery, Happy City

Today’s urban goals of social equity, economic inclusion, environmental sustainability, cultural diversity, workforce attraction, transportation

cost effectiveness, digital access, homelessness and isolation mitigation, upward mobility and

access to our most basic needs can all be addressed downtown.

Doerflinger Building-1898 • Mike Kiel’s Passion • Authenticom Offices • Tax Incremental Financing • Redevelopment Authority

Duluth Trading Company

• P-5 • TIF • Streetscape • Parking • Land Offer • Mixed Use • 23K Retail • 120K Office • 92 Apts.

Belle Square

Western’s Integrated Technology Center • Leed Platinum Certified • 9 Major Tech Programs for Adult Learning • Living Laboratory

• Bike-Ped $ • M Power • Hillview

Urban Ag Center

• County Admin Bldg Adaptive Reuse

• Recreational Tourism • Corporate Tourism • Medical Tourism • Institutional Tourism • Convention Tourism

Key hotel trends Demand for sustainable, healthy, locally authentic properties, with an eye toward attracting Millennials.

Downtown Hotels

Publicly Driven Plan P-5 Partnerships RFEI Funding Resources

Developer-Market • Urban Migration • Emotional

Connection • Experience • Environment • Labor and Costs

Riverside North

P-5 Funding Toolbox

• Tax Incremental Financing • Business Improvement Districts • Block Grants • Revolving Loan Funds • Tax Credit Programs • Write Downs • P-5 Leveraging • Challenge Grants • Capital Improvement Financing • CDC’s and RDA’s • Community Responsibility Inc. • Property Assessed Clean Energy