Title: Leadership Education and Arts Development Conference
1Leadership Education and Arts Development
Conference
- Tulsa, April 6th Oklahoma City, April 7th
2Setting the Stage in Michigan
- State of the Nation
- 9/11
- War in Afganistan
- War in Iraq
- Economic decline
3Setting the Stage in Michigan
Economy based on shipping, logging, mining,
and automotive manufacturing
4Setting the Stage in Michigan
- Severe loss of manufacturing base
- 2003 Budget deficit - 1 billion
- Increasing unemployment
- Brain drain loss of 43,000
5Setting the Stage in Michigan
- Regional issues
- DARTA
- Benton Harbor Disturbance
- Two cities in receivership
- Early retirement
- Loss of 9,000 state workers
- Replacement 14 ratio
- Loss of institutional knowledge
6Challenges for Governor Jennifer M. Granholm
- First female Governor (D)
- Legislature Republican (R) majority
- Following 12 years of (R)
leadership - New term limits-loss of institutional legislative
knowledge
7Challenges for the Governor
- Loss of 9,000 state workers
- Employee concessions
- Strained union negotiations
- Major budget cuts
- Arts and culture (50 cut)
- Higher Education
- State shared revenue
8Taking Charge - Leadership
- Public acknowledgement of challenges
- Inclusivity
- Collaborations
- Town Hall meetings
- Prioritizing
- Commitment
9Cool Cities Initiative - Background
- Dr. Richard Florida, Rise of the Creative Class
- 2003 Mackinaw Conference
- 2003 Governor letter to Mayors form Local Cool
City Advisory Groups - City Survey
10Cool Cities Initiative - Background
- 2003 MCACA Conference with Dr. Richard
Florida and Bill Strickland - Cool Cities survey launched
- Governor rallies her Cabinet
- Cool Cities Coordinating Team formed
- Governor announces grant program
11Cool Cities Initiative - Description
- Logic Model discussions
- Focus turned to creating grant program
- 2004 Cool City Pilot Program launched April 2004
- Selected 20 Cool City Neighborhood Award
Designees June 2004
12Cool Cities Initiative - Description
- www.coolcities.com launched
- Created Department Champion and State
Neighborhood Champion - State Resource Fair, August 2004
- Focus back to Logic Model
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14Cool Cities Initiative - Description
- Cool Cities Initiative Strategic Plan
- Market Research
- Development Friendly
- Education and Outreach
- Coordinated Community Investor
- Grants Planning Programs
- Resource Toolbox
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16Cool Cities Initiative - Description
Mission Statement Revitalize Michigans cities
by attracting the jobs and talents of the
emerging economy.
17Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- CCI organization
- One dedicated staff
18Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- CCI organization
- One Manager
19Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- Key committee activities
- LCCAG Guidebook
- Community assessments
- T.I.D.E.
- Young knowledge workers focus / high tech /
nano tech
20Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- CCI catalyst for other initiatives and a model
for the collaborative approach - Cool Schools Initiative
- E-grants
- Cultural Economic Development Strategic Plan
21Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- CCI catalyst for other initiatives and a model
for the collaborative approach - Office of Community and Faith Based Initiative
- Legislative Urban Caucus
- Internship program www.michigan.gov/miintern
22Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- Funding (leverage, partnerships)
- Metrics and Measures
- Role of nonprofits (9 of 19)
- 2004 Cool City Pilot Program
- Criteria
- Neighborhood definition
- Catalyst Grant eligible activities
23Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- 2004 Cool City Pilot Program Neighborhood Award
Designees
- Alpena pedestrian-orientated walkway through
downtown on both sides of the river - Bay City creation of Waterfall Park
- Detroit renovation of Shed 2 allows 50
additional vendors and establishes the Eastern
Market neighborhood as a link to the riverfront
and downtown
24Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- 2004 Cool City Pilot Program Neighborhood Award
Designees
- Detroit redevelop three dilapidated buildings
into Entertainment and Technology Incubators
containing 28 residential loft apartments, a TV
production studio, and a number of retail and
food service establishments
25Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- 2004 Cool City Pilot Program Neighborhood Award
Designees
- Detroit renovation of the Odd Fellows Hall
located in the heart of the Springwells
neighborhood which will become a key anchor in
this multicultural area - Ferndale expand the DDAs BUILD Program, which
offers a 20 percent reimbursement for exterior
building improvements to downtown - Flint restoration of the exterior of the
Republic Bank Building which will become First
Street Lofts, a 16-unit loft development
26Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- 2004 Cool City Pilot Program Neighborhood Award
Designees
- Grand Rapids historic renovation, streetscape
improvements along with the creation of public
art, murals, and the development of 35 loft
apartments - Grand Rapids new retail development utilizing
green technology that is compatible with historic
district standards a façade improvement program
for historic commercial structures and a
wayfinding design program to increase walkability
of the area
27Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- 2004 Cool City Pilot Program Neighborhood Award
Designees
- Jackson redevelopment of an abandoned
industrial site into a center for the arts and
culture, including 39 affordable loft apartments
28Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- 2004 Cool City Pilot Program Neighborhood Award
Designees
- Kalamazoo relocation of the Smartshop, a unique
metalworking school, gallery, and sculpture
garden to a new location on the citys north side - Marquette the Commons Project will consist of a
groomed, refrigerated ice plaza with a skating
rink, warming house, a non-motorized trail and a
fountain located near the heart of the city on
the site of an old parking lot and railroad
trestle
29Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- 2004 Cool City Pilot Program Neighborhood Award
Designees
- Port Huron conversion of the Relic Building
into an Art Incubator for artists
30Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- 2004 Cool City Pilot Program Neighborhood Award
Designees
- Portland creation of a boardwalk that will
connect the pedestrian bridge over the confluence
of the Grand and Looking Glass Rivers and will
run along the back of the commercial buildings
31Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- 2004 Cool City Pilot Program Neighborhood Award
Designees
- Saginaw redevelopment of two currently vacant
buildings into first-floor commercial and
second-floor residential
32Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- 2004 Cool City Pilot Program Neighborhood Award
Designees
- Saugatuck renovation of the old Pie Factory
into the Saugatuck Center for the Arts - Sault Ste. Marie restoration and renovation of
the classic and historic Soo Theatre Complex to
its original grandeur of the 1930s, including
loft apartments, community room, and studio space
33Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- 2004 Cool City Pilot Program Neighborhood Award
Designees
- Warren City Square, a two-acre urban park with a
fountain in the warmer months and an ice rink in
the winter, bounded by the new City Hall/Library,
high-density residential and commercial retail,
and childcare center
34Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- 2004 Cool City Pilot Program Neighborhood Award
Designees
- Ypsilanti improvements to the Riverside Arts
Center and to partner with DTE to expand the
project which will involve the reutilization of
a vacant office structure for retail gallery,
studio, office and theater set construction and
other Arts Center uses
35Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- Alpena This project has been very important
and beneficial to our community. It has locally
energized a number of groups to work together on
activities not previously undertaken overall,
Cool Cities is a very interesting concept and
this designation and process can be expanded and
utilized by a community well beyond the lifespan
of the actual program.
36Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- Detroit-Jefferson East Business Association
The Cool City project is an important step in
fiscal responsibility and sustainable land use by
focusing on existing infrastructure as well as
honoring the character and history of our cities
and neighborhoods.
37Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- Ferndale Its not about the money that has
made this successful, it has really been about
the awareness that this has brought to our
community and the resources the state is
offering.
38Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- Jackson Thank you! Designation as a Cool City
neighborhood has drastically changed the working
relationship between State government and the
local community for the better, in that it has
built our capacity to take responsibility for our
future with enormous State cooperation,
communication, and encouragement.
39Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- Sault Ste. Marie The Cool City Neighborhood
Award Designation created a renaissance type
feeling among the community. We are embracing
our arts and cultural community to help drive
economic development in our downtown. The Soo
Theatre, one of the key components for driving
our downtown revitalization, wouldnt have been
feasible without the designation.
40Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- Ypsilanti This program has provided our
community with valuable and immeasurable
affirmation for the years of goal setting and
dreaming of how this city and its downtown can be
reframed for the future. In a short time, weve
seen the level and quality of investor inquiries
increase and weve seen people in and outside of
our area begin to take more serious notice of who
we are and where we are headed as a community.
It has set the standard for the work that remains
in our future
41Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- Ypsilanti (continued) Perhaps more
importantly, it has caused the people that call
this neighborhood and City home to come
together more passionately, to take
responsibility for being part of making a
difference, and to take more pride in this city.
And finally, it has blessed us with credibility
for the arts community that we are determined to
create at the Riverside Arts Center this will
spur a growth in support and participation for
arts and cultural endeavors in the heart of our
downtown neighborhood and create in Ypsilanti a
very cool place indeed.
42Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- 2005 Cool Cities Grants Planning Programs
- Capitalize on the buzz of Award Designation
- Expanded program with less money
43Key Elements Whats Most Helpful
- 2005 Cool Cities Grants Planning Programs
- Main Street, Blueprints for Downtowns, Blueprints
for Neighborhoods, Neighborhoods in Progress - Focused Catalyst Grant on larger urban centers
44How Do We Know It Works?
- CreateDetroit formed nonprofit,
www.createdetroit.com - 150 Local Cool City Advisory Groups
- Cool Cities buzz
- Malcolm Gladwell The Tipping Point Berlin
Wall example
45How Do We Know It Works?
- Year End Report from projects
- 500 jobs retained
- 400 new jobs created
- 68 new businesses
- 5 business expansions
46How Do We Know It Works?
- Year End Report from projects
- 63 million of local public investment
- 109 million of state investment
- 174 million of private investment
- TOTAL 350 million
47How Do We Know It Works?
- Appropriations
- (R) majority
- Campaign initiating
- Price of Government prioritizing services
- No discussion on proposed CCI budget
48How Do We Know It Works?
- Idea resonated with folks, the time is now
- Detroit SuperBowl I am Detroit!
49Shameless plug
50IMAGE
Whether its the Rust Belt image
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Or the Dust Bowl image
52We say
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