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Kara Norman, AICPExecutive Director
OUR MISSION:Enhance, promote and preserve the vitality and economic viability of Downtown Frederick by implementing the national Main Street Program for the benefit of Frederick businesses, residents and visitors
• North: Seventh Street• South: South Street• East: East/Wisner Streets• West: Bentz Street• Take an active role in
development adjacent to and impacting the downtown area
Where We Work:
How We Work:Recognized as the official Frederick Main Street Program by the City of Frederick, the State of Maryland and the National Main Street Center
Implement the Four Point Approach:•Business Development•Design•Organization•Promotion
Our Story:•City founded 1745•First Historic Districtin 1952 •1976 Carroll Creek Flood coincides with loss of department stores to first mall and new interstates to DC/Baltimore•Partnership founded in 1990•Floodway improvements in the 1990s •Carroll Creek design enhancements completed in 2006
Downtown Frederick
Downtown Frederick
Downtown Frederick is BIG BUSINESS…Some 7,000 people go to work in Downtown Frederick every day and
patronize the more than 150 locally-owned specialty shops and 50 restaurants located on our ever-expanding commercial corridors
One of America’s favored cities…Now one of the region’s premier destinations, some 1.4 million
people visit Downtown Frederick’s historic streets each year
Downtown Frederick
We’re open LATE…Downtown Frederick remains open into the nighttime hours
seven days a week, serving locals and visitors alike
Downtown Frederick
We are capturing national attention…Downtown Frederick has been recognized as one of CNN’s Comeback Cities,
a Top 25 Arts City (2011,2010), an APA Great Place (2010) and a Great American Main Street (2005)
Downtown Frederick
An average of 11,000 people attend First Saturday each month…
City of Frederick population is approximately 65,000
We reach beyond our community to increase our customer pool…
27% of First Saturday attendees are from a location outside of Frederick County (MD, PA, VA and beyond)
Culture Builds Community
Good for Business
Good for Business
Culture Builds Community
Art & culture events draw crowds…
Event related spending by arts & culture audiences in Frederick County totaled $6.6 million (excluding the cost of admission)
Come for the art, stay for dinner…Nonprofit arts & culture event attendees spend an average of
$14.03 per person (excluding the cost of admission)
Good for Business
Culture Builds Community
A&E designation provides a financial incentive to improve buildings…
The property tax incentives are offered by both the City and County to induce arts-related development
Good for Real Estate
Culture Builds Community
The Arts are a big part of Downtown Frederick’s lively atmosphere…
The Arts create a connection to Downtown Frederick and a reason to return – for the next play, the latest gallery opening,
the latest music event
Good for Community
Culture Builds Community
• Celebrate and encourage the efforts
of partners to enliven the arts scene– Many entities serve as collaborators with and
supporters of the many arts related organizations and events in Downtown Frederick
– This shared approach improves our reach and our impact
Our Local Approach
• The last ten years:– Increased the number of businesses and
their success• In 2012, 66% of Downtown Frederick businesses
had revenues better than the previous year
– Enhanced our arts venues• Griffin Art Center, Weinberg Center for the Arts
Achieving Results
• The last ten years:– Expanded the number of public art projects
• Becky the Calf, North of Fourth Mural, Heritage Trail Markers and more
– Developed a new and greatly enhanced Visitor Center
– Presented Artomatic
Achieving Results
• The last ten years:– Installed a new wayfinding system– Constructed two new parking garages
Achieving Results
• The last ten years:– Implemented Parkmobile for the downtown
meters– Constructed major sections of Carroll Creek
Park• Includes a 250+ seat amphitheater, pedestrian
bridges, public art and more
Achieving Results
• The next ten years…– Grow and Brand Downtown Frederick as the
Center for Arts Education in Maryland– Support the Growth of an Emerging Film
Industry– Increase the Number of Live/Work Spaces
for Artists– Support increased Art Sales– Increase the Number of both Permanent and
Temporary Public Art Projects Completed in Downtown Frederick
Achieving Results
19 E Church StreetFrederick, MD 21701P: 301.698.8118F: 301.698.4881www.downtownfrederick.orgwww.facebook.com/DowntownFredericktwitter.com/[email protected]