clawson main street presentation

Downtown

Clawson

What’s Happening

Downtown?

Where, What, Why?

• Where is Downtown Clawson?

• What is the Downtown Development

Authority?

• Why do we have a DDA?

Photos of Downtown Clawson

A little history....14 & Main in the early 1920’s

The Interurban

The electric train system ran from 1899-1931 and kept us connected

Looking south on Main

Street in the early 1920’s

Photos of Downtown Clawson

The 1940’s

A bustling metropolis

A victim of urban renewal

The late 1960’s the downtown decline begins

The 1970’s

Another ‘modernized’ Clawson building

How do we fix it?

Michigan Public Act 197 of 1975

National Historic Trust for Preservation

Main Street Center

DDA

Michigan law to address downtown

revitalization

Tax Incremental Financing: focus existing

downtown taxes for downtown

improvement

Board of Directors dedicated to

downtown management

Michigan Public Act 197 of 1975

The Clawson DDA

Things start looking up

National Main Street Center

An economic development program

A management philosophy

A model for proven success

Clawson joins Main Street

Why?

A nationally recognized economic

development program

A focus on historic preservation

Ensures each downtown remains individual

and unique

The Clawson Main Street DDA

Community Driven

Committees that share the work & the fun

Design

Promotion

Business Development

Organization

Design

• Façade Grants

• Design Assistance

• Streetscape

Before & After with façade grant assistance

Promotion• Cinema in the Street

• Fire & Ice with Spice

• Trick – or – Treasure

• Downtown Block Party......

Economic

• Business recruitment & marketing

• Business Resource Center

Organization

Fundraising

Volunteer

Be a part of it...

Add your name to our

Little Black Book

There’s an opportunity

for whatever time you

have.

It’s fun....really!

Coming down the track

• Public art projects

• New landscaping

• Pedestrian crossing islands on 14 Mile Road

• New events!

A place for you downtown:

Help choose the movie

Take photos

How about a YouTube?

Participate in an event

Recruit your friends

Have fun

Stay in touch

Watch

downtownclawson.com

for the latest news

Facebook.com/downtowncla

wson

Mission Statement

To ensure our downtown is a great

place to shop, work, enjoy and

invest while protecting and

enhancing our unique character

and history.