Downtown Akron Partnership Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2010 to Jun 30, 2011

Signed

May 15, 2012

Return Version

2010v3.7

Gross Receipts

$1,079,572

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

We provide safety and cleaning ambassadors to service Downtown. The safety ambassadors patrol, provide public safety, battery jumps, car lock outs, safety escorts and give helpful information to workers and visitors. They also report potential and actual emergencies to police, fire and EMS. We have quarterly BlockWatch meetings for the Downtown business owners to inform them and their employees about safety issues. We distribute thousands of safety brochures every year. We provide the funding to put extra officers on the Downtown streets on the weekends. The cleaning ambassadors provide supplemental cleaning services Downtown. They remove litter and graffiti, pressure wash sidewalks and work on other special projects. They also distribute information to Downtown businesses, workers and visitors. The first Friday in May is our annual Green & Clean Day. Over 300 volunteers participate by cleaning, painting, picking up litter and pulling weeds in different sections of Downtown. We also have 47 Downtown planters. The Adopt-A-Planter program had 33 participating businesses that planted flowers in our planters. We reimbursed them for the plants and put a sign in the planter with their name on it. We also have 30 hanging baskets that we put on Main Street.

Activity 3

advertising and marketing of Downtown AKRON. We promote and market Downtown Akron. We have our own events and partner with different entities to bring visitors Downtown. We partner with the University, Hospitals and the City for the Summer and Winter Farmer's Market, Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony, Downtown concerts and promote the lunch trolley. We have GO (Get Out Of The Office) events at different locations during the lunch hour to get Downtown workers out to see the different things that they can do Downtown. We decorate Downtown windows during the holidays with vintage decorations. We provide entertainment for and promote the Artwalks. We use our website, the social media, various newsletters, sandwich boards and post flyers in kiosks to keep workers and visitors informed about what is happening Downtown. We printed and distributed 4,000 rack cards to let people know about upcoming events.

Filer

EIN

34-1823835