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SUSTAIN PLACEMAKING
Foster a compelling destination by enhancing the physical elements of the downtown.
Traffic & Parking Downtown Goes Pink
Downtown Paid Parking Program - PARK SMART The DDA invested in large pink ribbons with lights to adorn
The DDA in conjunction with the Parking Management Advisory intersections and light poles throughout downtown for the
Board and the City facilitated the new downtown paid parking Downtown Goes Pink marketing program.
program PARK SMART by:
• Guiding the development, communication and New large ribbons with lights adorn Downtown Delray to
celebrate Downtowns Go Pink
implementation of the program.
• Creating the evaluation and metrics for the program analysis. Park(ing) Day
• Participating in the development of the resident parking
Park(ing) Day is a national event sponsored by the American
permit. Society of Landscape Architects where public parking spaces are
• Working closely with the City in guiding the in-lieu parking transformed into parklets for the day. The DDA collaborated with
the City’s landscape architect, the CRA, WARC, and over five
program for development projects. city departments including Clean & Safe and Parks & Recreation
Additionally, the DDA educates the public about the new as well as Downtown merchants to produce Park(ing) Day on
program through information provided at the Visitor Information September 21, 2018. Parklets were set up in The Set along
Center and through downtown merchant communications. NW 5th Avenue in front of The S. D. Spady Cultural Heritage
Museum and in the Pineapple Grove Arts District in front of
The DDA is: Delray Art & Framing. Downtown merchants participated, there
• A member of the Parking Management Advisory Board. were fitness classes, games and activities and a green space to
• A key communicator to the downtown constituents for road lounge.
closures related to events and construction projects.
• Continuously involved with new development projects
downtown as it relates to the impact on traffic and parking.
• An on-going advocate of transportation including parking
areas, trolleys and other forms of mobility available within
the downtown through all marketing channels including
website, social media, printed materials and the production
of a video.
Park Smart Meter A Parklet set up in the Pineapple Grove Arts District for
10 Annual Report | 2017–2018 national Park(ing) Day.
