1. 1. For decades, Dubuque has prospered as a strategic industrial, wholesale, and retail center dominating a vast tri-state marketland. while unemployment at 1.5% was the lowest percentage ever recorded. July 1965 Dubuque: A Historical Perspective 2
2. 2. Dubuque: A Historical Perspective Dubuques plight is becoming desperate. It suffered more severely during the recent recession, and has for the past three years had the highest unemployment rate of Iowas SMSAs (largest cities).That unfortunate fact is no surprise to Dubuquers. It has been losing both industry and retail business consistently for the past decade. Dubuque is losing its people. Recent estimates show 10% of the housing stock vacant or available for sale. The Dubuque Connection, 1983 Chamber of Commerce Publication 3
3. 3. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Adopted in 1995, replaced 1936 plan Updated 2002, 2008, and 2012 4
4. 4. That depends a good deal on where you want to get to, said the Cat. I dont much care where, said Alice. Then is doesnt matter which way you go, said the Cat. Where to now? 5
5. 5. Five-Year Community Goals for a Sustainable Dubuque Five-Year City Goals Five-Year Organizational Goal
6. 6. Dubuque County Employment 37,700 59,900 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 1983 2014 31 years = 59% increase
7. 7. Dubuque County Avg. Hourly Wage $0 $5 $10 $15 $20 $25 1991 2014 103% increase over 23 years exceeding inflation by 29%
8. 8. Dubuque County Employment 3% 11% 8%
9. 9. Home Price Appreciation: 2008-2013 -30% -25% -20% -15% -10% -5% 0% 5% 10% 15% Dubuque SiouxCity Waterloo IowaCity QuadCities CedarRapids CouncilBluffs DesMoines/WDM Chicago DaytonaBeach NationalAve.
10. 10. Community Design Resource Management Smart Energy Use Regional Economy Healthy Air Native Plants & Animals Clean Water Reasonable Mobility Community Health & Safety Community Knowledge Green Buildings Healthy Local Foods Economic Prosperity Environmental Integrity Social/Cultural Vibrancy
11. 11. Green Buildings, Community Design, Reasonable Mobility Smart Energy Use, Resource Management Regional Economy, Smart Energy Use Community Knowledge, Reasonable Mobility, Community Health & Safety Healthy Local Foods, Community Health & Safety Clean Water, Healthy Air, Native Plants & Animals Community Knowledge
12. 12. 79.9% 60.5% 57.4% 77% 42.2% 60.3% 43.6% Innovation: + 43.6 points Dubuques Score: 468/600
13. 13. Lower Bee Branch/16th Street Detention Basin
14. 14. Upper Bee Branch Estimated Completion Date: Late 2016
15. 15. Upper Bee Branch Landscape Concepts Biofield Plugs - Dry Mix Biofield Plugs - Mesic Mix
16. 16. Upper Bee Branch Landscape Concepts Shortgrass Prairie Mix TypicalBluegrass Lawn Fescue Lawn
17. 17. Green Alley Program Before Photos
18. 18. Green Alley Program After Photos
19. 19. 32nd St. Detention Basin
20. 20. Upper Bee Branch Creek Restoration Video
21. 21. Annual Public Sculpture Exhibit
22. 22. Annual Public Sculpture Exhibit
23. 23. Millwork District Complete Streets
24. 24. Bee Branch Project = 96 hanging baskets, planting beds & native landscape Historic Millwork District = 100 hanging baskets & planters Port of Dubuque = 100 Hanging Baskets, flower beds & planters
25. 25. 80,000+ flowers are grown each year City employment complement includes a one full-time horticulturalist and three full-time assistant horticulturists
26. 26. 16 Community Parks 6 Neighborhood Parks 28 Mini Parks 30 miles of trails
27. 27. 95% of residents live within a quarter-mile walk of a park or green space National standard = 70%
28. 28. Over $150,000 spent in Dubuque County in 2014 to clean up illegal dump sites and litter County-wide task force established in 2011 Illegal Dumping Enforcement Officer
29. 29. Will the last person to leave Dubuque please turn out the lights? Dubuque t-shirt slogan in the 1980s (9% - 24% unemployment)
30. 30. Port of Dubuque -- Early 1990s
31. 31. Port of Dubuque -- Early 1990s
32. 32. Port of Dubuque -- Early 1990s
33. 33. Port of Dubuque -- Early 1990s
34. 34. Port of Dubuque -- Early 1990s
35. 35. Port of Dubuque -- Early 1990s
36. 36. Port of Dubuque -- Early 1990s
37. 37. Few Iowa cities were hit harder in the 80s. Few have a better outlook now. Des Moines Register December 2002
38. 38. Port of Dubuque -- Today
39. 39. Mississippi RiverWalk & Grand River Center
40. 40. Grand Harbor Resort & Indoor Waterpark
41. 41. Mississippi River Walk
42. 42. Grand Harbor Resort & Indoor Waterpark
43. 43. Mississippi RiverWalk
44. 44. Grand River Conference & Event Center
45. 45. National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
46. 46. National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
47. 47. Named an All-America City 3 times in 7 years National Civic League 2007, 2012, 2013
48. 48. Mississippi RiverWalk & Amenities
49. 49. Mississippi RiverWalk & Amenities
50. 50. Dubuque Water Trail
51. 51. Grand River Conference & Event Center
52. 52. Best Small City to Raise a Family Forbes 2010
53. 53. National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
54. 54. National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
55. 55. National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
56. 56. National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
57. 57. National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
58. 58. National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium
59. 59. One of the 10 Great Places to Live for 2013 Kiplingers Personal Finance
60. 60. #1 for Upward Mobility among communities under 200,000 The Equality of Opportunity Project 2013
61. 61. Dubuque Star Brewery & Alliant Energy Amphitheater
62. 62. Dubuque Star Brewery & Alliant Energy Amphitheater
63. 63. Americas River Festival
64. 64. Port of Dubuque Marina
65. 65. The face of the river, in time, became a wonderful book . . . And it was not a book to be read once and thrown aside, for it had a new story to tell every day. Mark TwainLife on the Mississippi
66. 66. Thank you! Mike Van Milligen, City Manager ctymgr@cityofdubuque.org 563-589-4110 www.cityofdubuque.org www.sustainabledubuque.org