Ypsilanti Downtown <br> Development Authority, Michigan - Blueprints for Downtown & Associate Main Street

2009 Planning Meeting 1 The Ypsilanti DDA adopted the Blueprint for Downtown as the five-year strategic plan for the downtown. To view the Blueprints plan, click here. To see the latest update, presented at the Oct. 21st Town Hall meeting, click here. Implementing the plan will take lots of coordination and cooperation, including the help of numerous volunteers. To help implement the plan, the YDDA is reorganizing around the Main Street Four Point approach.

What is the Main Street Four-Point Approach?

The Main Street 4-Point Approach is a community-driven, comprehensive strategy encouraging economic development through historic preservation in ways appropriate to today’s marketplace. Each of the four points is equally important to a successful downtown. To get an overview, view a PowerPoint presentation on the program here. Think of the four-point approach this way:

Organization: Getting everyone working toward the same vision for downtown
Promotion: Getting more people to visit your downtown
Design: Getting downtown into top physical shape
Economic Restructuring: Getting your downtown businesses healthier

Committee	Priorities from 1/24 meeting	Google Group Home Page	Board Chair/ Secretary
Organization	Click here for notes	http://groups.google.com/group/downtown-ypsi-org-committee	Co-chairs Rene Greff and Peter Reinhart
Promotion	Click here for notes	http://groups.google.com/group/downtown-ypsi-promotions-committee	Linda French
Design	Click here for notes	http://groups.google.com/group/downtown-ypsi-design-committee	John Coleman/Scotty James
Economic Restructuring	Click here for notes	http://groups.google.com/group/downtown-ypsi-economic-restructuring-committee	Karen Maurer/ Bob Barnes

Chair Member Peter Rinehart attended the National Main Street Conference in Chicago, IL March 1-4, 2009 on behalf of the YDDA. Peter has provided electronic copies of all the presentations from the conference here.

Volunteer Opportunities

We're looking for volunteer help on each of the working committees above. If you are interested in joining, or would just like to stop in and check out a meeting, feel free to join the next meeting session listed above. If no meeting is scheduled yet, e-mail us at info@ypsilantidda.org or call the office at 734.482.1410 and we'll let you know of the next opportunity to get involved. Thank you!