La Crosse's Director of Planning and Economic Development, Jason Gilman, shares about the City of La Crosse's unprecedented economic growth at the Wisconsin Downtown Summit in La Crosse, WI.
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1. @ Western Technical College
@ The Doerflinger Building
@ Belle Square
@ The Urban Hotel Boom
@ Riverside North
SOCIAL EQUITY ECONOMIC INCLUSIVITY ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Wisconsin Downtown Action Council
3. “Happiness is a house with many rooms, but at its
core is a hearth around which we gather with
family, friends, the community, and sometimes
even strangers to find the best part of ourselves.”
Charles Montgomery, Happy City
4. Today’s urban goals of social equity, economic
inclusion, environmental sustainability, cultural
diversity, workforce attraction, transportation
cost effectiveness, digital access, homelessness
and isolation mitigation, upward mobility and
access to our most basic needs can all be
addressed downtown.
5. Doerflinger Building-1898
• Mike Kiel’s Passion
• Authenticom Offices
• Tax Incremental Financing
• Redevelopment Authority Duluth Trading Company
6. • P-5
• TIF
• Streetscape
• Parking
• Land Offer
• Mixed Use
• 23K Retail
• 120K Office
• 92 Apts.
Belle Square
7. Western’s Integrated Technology Center
• Leed Platinum Certified
• 9 Major Tech Programs for Adult Learning
• Living Laboratory
• Bike-Ped $
• M Power
• Hillview
Urban Ag
Center
• County
Admin Bldg
Adaptive
Reuse
8. • Recreational Tourism
• Corporate Tourism
• Medical Tourism
• Institutional Tourism
• Convention Tourism
Key hotel trends
Demand for sustainable, healthy,
locally authentic properties, with an
eye toward attracting Millennials.
Downtown Hotels
9. Publicly Driven Plan
P-5 Partnerships
RFEI
Funding Resources
Developer-Market
• Urban Migration
• Emotional
Connection
• Experience
• Environment
• Labor and Costs
Riverside North
10. P-5 Funding Toolbox
• Tax Incremental Financing
• Business Improvement Districts
• Block Grants
• Revolving Loan Funds
• Tax Credit Programs
• Write Downs
• P-5 Leveraging
• Challenge Grants
• Capital Improvement Financing
• CDC’s and RDA’s
• Community Responsibility Inc.
• Property Assessed Clean Energy