Dutchtown Main Streets Comprehensive Action Plan w/ Contacts

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1	Action Items	Partners	Funding Sources	Timeline	Notes and Work Product	GJHNP Alignment	Main Streets Transformation Strategy	Transformation Strategy - Foster Entrepreneurship

2	- Promotion -
3	MEETS: 2nd Thursday at 6:00pm
4	1.1 Event Management			Ongoing	Continue to work on existing events and look for opportunity for new events	Arts and Culture 6 - Support and expand Cultural and event programming
5	1.1.1 Events Calendar	N/A, but include major partner events	N/A	Ongoing	Promotions Events and Content Calendar	Employment 4.5 - Coordinate diverse public events and programming to attract vistors
6	1.1.2 Summer Vibes	DTCID	Sponsorships: DTCID, Incarnate Word, Crawford-Butz	July 2022
7	1.1.3 Park/Pool Movie Nights	Soutside Youth Council, AMP, MCD, TDLC	Sponsorships: St. Mary's, Gene Slay's, TDLC, DOCY	(advertise May) Summer 2022	Have full calendar ahead of time Youth Partners Distribution List - Complete Advertise at schools Signage Movie Magnet?	Arts and Culture 6.2 - Encourage consistent activation of parks as cultural and artistic spaces for gathering
8	1.1.3.1 Add kid friendly event prior to movie	Library, Perenial, City Mission Collective (TSA)		Summer 2022			Service to families
9	1.1.5 Spring Fling Virginia Avenue Event		Main Streets	Q2	*Board Priority w/ Main Streets Budget Investment Well attended New Partnership with VAL Community Garden
10	1.2 Small Buisness Promotion	Economic Vitality
11	1.2.1 Sidewalk Sales	Economic Vitality, Dutchtown Biz		Ongoing	Dutchtown Businesses Taking Lead Hispanic Heritage Event Magic Saturdays
12	1.2.2 Business Resources	Economic Vitality		Ongoing	Continue to develop resources and guides for neighborhood businesses Full Chamber Commerce style booklet with Economic Vitality Special Use District Advertising 2023
13	1.3 Residential Promotion	Economic Vitality, Habitat, DSCC, Lutheran Dev.			Struggled with this, important to touch on
14	1.3.1 Go Dutch	SJHI, DSCC, Habitat	Orgs, realtors, industry	Q1 2022 (March)	Host a Real Estate Mixer to showcase all the benefits of Dutchtown	Housing 3 - Foster access to homeownership
15	1.3.2 Residential resources	SJHI, DSCC, LDG, TDLC, Prosperity Connection	Real estate industry	Q1 2022	INCOMPLETE: Struggled with standardized promotions. St. Joseph Housing doing programming at NIC however and we advertised. Provide resources for homebuyers, Nick has plan to reach out to realtors	Housing 3 - Foster access to homeownership
16	1.4 Branding					Employment 4.6 - Develop a Unified Marketing Campaign
17	1.4.1 Destination brand		Main Streets	Ongoing	Continue to develop strength of Dutchtown destination brand	"
18	1.4.2 Dutchtown Main Streets rebrand	Organization		Q1 2022	Update website and materials Need to audit all materials and confirm updated with most recent name and branding (Block Organizing for instance)
19	1.5 Collaboration
20	1.5.1 Be a reliable partner for promotion	Any and all neighborhood orgs	N/A	2022	Reach out to other orgs for updates on programs or events that need to be promoted. See 1.5.2.	"
21	1.5.2 Streamline communications	Any and all neighborhood orgs	N/A	2022	*Board Priority Hold regular meetings/maintain consistent communications to ensure that goals are aligned Business cards with meeting info and contact info Youth Partner Email Distribution List Created
22	- Design -
23	MEETS: 1st Thursday at 6:00pm
24	2.1 Foster Clean Streets and Community	Dutchtown CID Safety Committee and other partnering organizations		2021 1st Quarter with monthly maintenance	Focus on commercial district along Meramec Street. We have to broaden our reach beyond Meramec to avoid alienating our residents and business owners along Virginia Ave. There is already large concern that we only care about Meramec.	Enviornment 5 - Foster Clean Streets and Community
25	2.1.1 Recruit partnering organizations and businesses for initial clean-up day	Cure Violence, SLACO, DSCC, Brightside, TDLC, SJHI, neighbors and business owners.	Private, should be small investment (<1000)	Q4 21 Ongoing.	INCOMPLETE Reoccuring Keep It Clean Up in September with SLACO	Enviornment 5.4 - Organize inclusive neighborhood clean-up days regularly
26	2.1.2 Calendar of Annual Clean-up Days	Cure Violence, SLACO, DSCC, Brightside, TDLC, SJHI, neighbors and business owners.	Private, should be small investment (<1000)	Q1 22	INCOMPLETE: Molly Pehle at Tattoo shop interested in Virginia Clean Ups	"
27	2.1.3 Recruit and Create Database of volunteers	Cure Violence, SLACO, DSCC, Brightside, TDLC, SJHI, neighbors and business owners.		Ongoing	INCOMPLETE	"
28	2.1.4 Host districtwide clean-up day	Cure Violence, SLACO, DSCC, Brightside, TDLC, SJHI, neighbors and business owners.	Private, should be small investment (<1000)	Q2 22	September - Keep It Clean Annual Event w/ SLACO Saturdays are the best days	"
29	2.1.5 Create schedule with partners for maintaining a clean district	Cure Violence, SLACO, DSCC, Brightside, TDLC, SJHI, neighbors and business owners.	NA		INCOMPLETE Each partner agrees to monitor the cleanliness of the district for one week on a rotating basis. Depending on number of partners these weekly monitoring duties could be shared to further share the load.	"
30	2.1.6 Monitor the cleanliness of the district	Cure Violence, SLACO, DSCC, Brightside, TDLC, SJHI, neighbors and business owners.	NA		See Wash U study on plastic waste abatement During scheduled week, each organization/business/volunteer group will monitor the cleanliness of the district on a daily basis and clean-up any necessary litter or weeds. The Design Committee will serve as point of contact for cleanliness issues that require further assistance.	Environment 5.3. Ensure existing trashcans are properly serviced and install recycling at strategic locations.
31	2.2 Placemaking					Employment 4.1 - Invest in high impact, high visability commercial district improvements
32	2.2.1 Painted Crosswalks	STL Streets/S.Cohn	STL CITY	??	INCOMPLETE: Shane and City agreed to fund and execute. Need to get details on timeline and priority intersections.
33	2.2.2 Public Art Projects		Main Streets		INCOMPLETE* Board priority for 2022 Destination Branding - identify project and funding source
34	2.2.2.1 - Destination Branding and Way Finding	Wayfinding - PGAV, Wash .U.	CID - $20,000	q2 planning and q3 implementation	INCOMPLETE: *Board Priority Ted Greenfeld has agreed to use his building for destination mural. Likely needs tuck pointing work in preparation for mural application whether permanent or otherwise. Need to ensure we are both installing larger scale for pop-value, but also smaller scale at ground-level for selfie opportunities."
35	2.2.2.2 - Virginia Public Art			q3	IN PROCESS: Installation of raised "Dutchtown" beds as local solution to traffic calming at Taft, Itaska, and Bates intersections of Virginia and at Klocke Bus Stop
36	2.2.2.3 - Entry Point Wayfinding		CID - $20,000	q2 plan q 3 implementation	INCOMPLETE: Needs further discussion and plan*
37	2.2.2.1 Address Vacant Buildings with Artistic Board Ups	Economic Vitality, Sign of Times Tattoo	CID	Q2 22	IN PROCESS: Completed by Molly Pehle on one Virginia ave LRA building as she agreed to donate art. Need to get quotes on printing, solidify properties to target (prelim list already in circulation) and how to install.	Arts and Culture 3.1 - Support artistic efforts to board up vacant and abandoned buildings
38	2.2.4 Façade Design and Funding Assistance	DTMS	CID, Main Streets	Q1 22	Facade Grant Program - Funded at 10k by CID and 1k by DMS. DMS applied for 5k grant to expand through SLDC.
39	2.2.5 Work with City of St. Louis on Code and Ordinance Enforcement	NIS: Christian Saller Dutchtown South			Facilitated Virginia Avenue Meeting and Solutions Oriented Approach
40	2.2.6 Lighting Grant for Meramec/Virginia	CID	CID, Gateway Lighting Grant	During 2022	Completed by Michael Powers and DTCID, possible future upgrad on LED lights	Transit, Streets, and Walkability 6.2 - Increase pedestrian scale lighting
41	2.2.7 Concrete Planters	CID, local businesses	CID	q4	Purchased and being fabricated. Commitments in place for planting and maintenance by local businesses. Tony Rocca. Locations picked after Virginia safety meeting to support traffic calming. Taft/Virginia - Duncan Architecture/Shay's Itaska/Virginia - SIgn of the Times/WildFruit Bates/Virginia - Your Place Diner Grand/Klocke - Laundromat
42	2.3 Historic Preservation and Zoning Acitivites
43	2.3.1 Design District Basics	Thomas Dunn/ Safe,Clean, Green			Passed Special Use District, historic design limitations not favored by board.	Employment 5.11 - Encourage commercial reuse of historic buildings along commercial corridors
44	2.3.3 Special Use District	Alderman Cohn, Planning, DSCC, Gravois-Jefferson Design	City of St. Louis	In Process	SUD Promotion Blurbs	5.2 Arts and Culture - Create a special use district to allow for live/work space		yes
45	2.3.4 - Gravois - Jefferson Development Committee Collaboration				*Board Prioirty - Incomplete
46	2.3.5 - Historical Society Tours	Historic Society
47	2.4 Safe, Clean, & Green	DSCC, Cure Violence, SLACO				Safety Priority - Foster a safe and vibrant community through preventative, responsive, and restorative approaches to public safety.
48	2.4.1 Block Organization Formation	DSCC, CV, LDG, SJHI, Block Captains	DSCC, Main Streets, LDG, SJHI	Ongoing	*Board Priority Need to spread load to others and better publicize efforts/resources/network. Harris Stowe Intern did not work out, look at Americorp in future. Model functions well, but needs oversight. Block Organinizing Intern/Employee Job Description	Safety 1.1 - Build Robust and Representative neighborhood associations and block captain programs	Yes
49	2.4.2 Integrated camera network set-up for businesses	CID, NIC	CID	Q4 21	INCOMPLETE: John Chen pilot testing cameras..
50	2.4.3 Trash Service and Abatement	Employment Connection	CID	In process.	Contract in place with Beautification Team through Employment Connection. Expanding to Park with EPA Grant and AMP	GJHNP - Envioronment 5.3
51	2.5 Park Activation	AMP, TDLC, DSCC, Cure Violence				Arts and Culture 6.2 - Encourage consistent activation of parks as cultural and artistic spaces for gathering
52	2.5.1 Form Allies of Marquette Park w/ Fiscal Sponsorship	Main Streets Board, MCD, DSCC, City Parks and Rec, CV			Main Streets board is taking lead, not design. Account established. Ben Robinson and Markus Haskins to be initial founders.
53	2.5.2 MOU for Field House			q1	MOU DRAFT - Executed
54	2.5.3 Calendar of Events for Park	TDLC			Calendar Draft Year Round Programming Work Is Ongoing See Brochure Link
55	2.5.4 Pool Improvements	Parks and Rec	Main Streets	q2	Rebuilding relationship with rec center. Need to audit need. Need to purchase alternative single person chairs.
56	2.5.5 Futsal Court Improvements and Implementation	City SC	Main Streets Private Donations	q2	COMPLETE: Public art installation with Jayvn Solomon
57	Economic Vitality
58	MEETS: 1st Tuesday at 6:00pm
59	3.1 Address Commercial Vacancy	MMSC, Vacancy Collaborative, St. Louis Development Corporation, CDCs, City of St. Louis PDA	MMSC EDA GRANT		*Board Prioirty Vacancy Audit on Virginia Ave Completed 2021 q3 Partnership with LSEM and Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Association for Vacancy Lawsuits	Employment 5.12 - Encourage the development of underdeveloped sites along commercial corridors Environment 3 - Transform vacany into vibrancy through community-informed design
60	3.1.1 Vacancy Mapping	MMSC, Vacancy Collaborative	MMSC EDA GRANT	Q1	*Board Prioirty Vacancy Collaborative Portal - Determine how Dutchtown Main Streets can get access to a portal and what assistance will be needed or can be given by EDA Grant and MMSC to accomplish this goal Confirmed with Lance Knuckles, this will be used. DMS will have internal access through partnership with LSEM.
61	3.1.2 Develop a Management Assistance Program for vacant storefronts			Q3	INCOMPLETE: Needs more discussion	Employment 4.4 - Develop a Management Assistance Program for vacant storefronts
62	3.1.3 Maintain a map of available commercial properties and listed suggested uses			Q3	INCOMPLETE: Most property is not listed for sale. Commercial Real Estate listing with Eric Friedman Website is place where investors research, suggested to maintain there as well as have published hard copy	Employment 5.1 - Maintain a list of available commercial properties
63	3.2 Business Recruitment	MMSC	MMSC EDA GRANT			Employment 3 - Support development and growth of small, minority, women, and immigrant-owned businesses Employment 5.2 - Recruit desired businesses to the planning area
64	3.2.1 Identify educational opportunities			2022	Start a Business in Dutchtown Brochure - Needs Updated Business Resource Development Programming Wash U. Build out relationship with SLDC's new NEEC
65	3.2.1.1 - Set up a Business Support 30 Min Roundtable	PNC, Legal, STL Partnership, Insurance, City of St. Louis Small Business Center		Q2	INCOMPLETE: TDLC can develop/sponsor "Speed Dating for Your Business" at TDLC
66	3.2.2 Create community profile for business recruitment	Wash U. SBI	Wash U.	Q3	Yes, utilized 2021 stats for presentation to elected officials and marketing materials.	Employment 5.1 - Create a community profile for business recruitment Employment 3.1 - Market planning area to recruit multicultural businesses
67	3.3 Business Retention and Support					3.3 - Provide mentoring, one-on-one coaching, and training seminars for business development and growth
68	3.3.1 - Audit District Business to complete with contact info and create inventory			Q2	Updated Intake Page and Spreadsheet Completed Commercial Data Set (TBD)
69	3.3.2 Create/Support retail promotions and events	Promotion Committee		2022	Dutchtown merchants taking lead, additive approach until staffed Sidewalk Sale Support Holiday Support Magic Saturdays
70	3.3.3 Dutchtown Biz Owner FB Group	Dutchtown merchants		2022	Dutchtown Business Owners INCOMPLETE: Identify a locally engaged business owner moderator Identify standard resources to share locally
71	3.3.4 Quarterly Biz Newsletter		Dutchtown Main Streets	Q1	Need a robust email listserv on HubSpot - Complete Dutchtown Dividend - INCOMPLETE, need content volunteers
72	3.3 Entrepreneurship / Employment					5.7 - Foster Cultural Entrepreneurship
73	3.3.1 - Promote Entrepreneurship Coaching and Training	Wash U. Olin School	Wash U.	Q1	Currently promoting shared opportunities on Biz Owner FB Page INCOMPLETE: Independent programming	5.5 - Improve and expand counsling, training, and networking related to starting and growing businesses
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75	3.4 Data Reporting
76	3.4.1 - Create Workflow for Reporting Quarterly MMSC Data			ASAP	Data Reporting Sheet SLDC Has Geofenced Boundaries for Building Permits
77	3.4.2 - Identify Sources for Public Improvements Data	City, SLDC	n/a	ASAP	Currently "eyes on street"
78	3.4.3 - Identify Sources for Private Investment	City, SLDC	n/a	ASAP	Recieved Permit Data from SLDC, needs to be updated for q3
79	3.4.4 - Lost Buildings	City, SLDC	n/a	ASAP	"Eyes on Street"
80	3.4.5 - Business Expansion	City, SLDC	n/a	ASAP	Business License Reports being recieved quarterly, but how is that data being used and where is it going? Not yet geofenced. What about a geofenced and complete city set? MMSC working on standardized data.
81	3.4.6 - Annual Rents and Vacancy	CIty, SLDC, Vacancy Collaborative	n/a	ASAP	Vacancy collected during SUD process based on planning review. No plan for follow-up for 2022 data, but MMSC working on streamlined data. Rents collected based on survey of published advertising and questions to developers
82	Organization
83	MEETS: 3rd Tuesday at 6:00pm
84	4.1 Volunteers Strategy				Include Youth
85	4.1.1 Volunteer Recruitment	Promotions, Board			Volunteer Data Base?
86	4.1.2 - Brand Ambassadors Program for Tabling				T-Shirts for Volunteers - Purchasd for Summer Vibes Need More
87	4.1.3 - Calendar for tabling				Calendar for Tabling Link
88	4.1.4 - Cheat Sheet for Brand Ambassador Talking Points	Promotions			Tabling Procedures and Cheat Sheet for Volunteers Link
89	4.2 Structure – Organizations & Staff
90	TBD				No Staff - INCOMPLETE
91	4.3 Funding Grants & Resources
92	4.3.1 Grant Management				Carrie Lindsey is lead
93	4.3.2 Quarterly Operational Grant				q1 - PNC Bank, State Farm, q2 - Incomplete q3 - STL Community Foundation, Forward Through Ferguson (AMP) q4 - TBD
94	4.4 Communication Plans	Promotions Committee
95	4.4.1 - Annual Report				*Board Priority - Include EV Committee details and work with promotions on format https://www.dutchtownstl.org/2022/04/dutchtown-main-streets-2021-annual-report/
96	4.4.2 - Amplify Entrepreneurship at TDLC to promote our transformation strategy				INCOMPLETE
97	4.5 Resource Development
98	4.5.1 Donation/Sponsorship Asks Training	Board, EV, Promotions, Design			INCOMPLETE
99	4.5.2 Annual Sponsorship Calendar				INCOMPLETE: Forming for use for all of DMS
100	4.5.3 Donor Database				Sponsor/Donor Database Consider adding in grant opportunities as table?