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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

City of Delray Beach Town Hall Gathering               highlights included 6,000 employees, hours worked,
                                                       shift schedules, and modes of transportation.
 As part of the City of Delray Beach Town Hall
Gatherings, the DDA presented guest speaker Peter       Data collected assisted in capturing the employee
Kageyama author of “For the Love of Cities: The Love   impact and value of the Downtown District.
Affair Between People and Their Places” and “Love
Where You Live: Creating Emotionally Engaging           Data has been a key resource for City of Delray
Places.” Mr. Kageyama is an internationally            Beach staff, partners and community leaders in the
sought-after community development consultant          planning of future programs
and grassroots engagement strategist who speaks all
over the world about bottom-up community               Physical Improvements
development and the amazing people who are
making change happen.                                   Effectively communicated information regarding
                                                       the Public and Private Construction projects that
Downtown Special Events Program                        impacted the downtown businesses, residents and
                                                       visitors.
 Directed the need for stronger review of the quality
and quantity of Downtown events.

 Participated in the research and development of        Implemented the “Coffee with the Contractor”
a proposed Special Event plan for the City of Delray   program for the Downtown business community
Beach.                                                 to meet face to face with the contractors on the
                                                       beautification project of northbound and
 Conducted Special Event Impact Survey among the       southbound Federal Highway.
Downtown Merchants to capture qualitative
feedback to assist in guiding the process.              Created “Open for Business” directional signage
                                                       to assist the Downtown businesses impacted by
Downtown Data Resource	                                construction.

 Collected data from 1,000+ businesses within the       Collaborated with partners on the continued
Downtown DDA District through one-on-one meetings      development of both the SOFA and West Atlantic
and direct communication.                              Ave. districts including the SofA 1 groundbreaking
                                                       event and the Fairfield Inn and Suites ribbon cutting
 This information assisted in capturing the employee   ceremony.
impact and value to the Downtown District. Data

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