clawson main street presentation
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Downtown
Clawson
What’s Happening
Downtown?
Where, What, Why?
• Where is Downtown Clawson?
• What is the Downtown Development
Authority?
• Why do we have a DDA?
Photos of Downtown Clawson
A little history....14 & Main in the early 1920’s
The Interurban
The electric train system ran from 1899-1931 and kept us connected
Looking south on Main
Street in the early 1920’s
Photos of Downtown Clawson
The 1940’s
A bustling metropolis
A victim of urban renewal
The late 1960’s the downtown decline begins
The 1970’s
Another ‘modernized’ Clawson building
How do we fix it?
Michigan Public Act 197 of 1975
National Historic Trust for Preservation
Main Street Center
DDA
Michigan law to address downtown
revitalization
Tax Incremental Financing: focus existing
downtown taxes for downtown
improvement
Board of Directors dedicated to
downtown management
Michigan Public Act 197 of 1975
The Clawson DDA
Things start looking up
National Main Street Center
An economic development program
A management philosophy
A model for proven success
Clawson joins Main Street
Why?
A nationally recognized economic
development program
A focus on historic preservation
Ensures each downtown remains individual
and unique
The Clawson Main Street DDA
Community Driven
Committees that share the work & the fun
Design
Promotion
Business Development
Organization
Design
• Façade Grants
• Design Assistance
• Streetscape
Before & After with façade grant assistance
Promotion• Cinema in the Street
• Fire & Ice with Spice
• Trick – or – Treasure
• Downtown Block Party......
Economic
• Business recruitment & marketing
• Business Resource Center
Organization
Fundraising
Volunteer
Be a part of it...
Add your name to our
Little Black Book
There’s an opportunity
for whatever time you
have.
It’s fun....really!
Coming down the track
• Public art projects
• New landscaping
• Pedestrian crossing islands on 14 Mile Road
• New events!
A place for you downtown:
Help choose the movie
Take photos
How about a YouTube?
Participate in an event
Recruit your friends
Have fun
Stay in touch
Watch
downtownclawson.com
for the latest news
Facebook.com/downtowncla
wson
Mission Statement
To ensure our downtown is a great
place to shop, work, enjoy and
invest while protecting and
enhancing our unique character
and history.