Who We Are

Board Members

Crowd at the Art FairTwelve volunteer board members serve on the DDA. State statute sets forward that these positions shall be filled as follows:

  • 1 seat for the Mayor or City Administrator
  • 1 seat for a resident of the DDA District
  • 7 seats for downtown property owners, downtown employees or individuals with an interest in downtown real estate
  • 3 seats for citizens-at-large.

Current members are: Gary Boren, Newcombe Clark, Russ Collins, Leah Gunn, Jennifer Hall, Roger Hewitt, John Hieftje, Joan Lowenstein, John Mouat, Keith Orr, Sandi Smith, and John Splitt. Read more information about board members. (pdf)

 

Board Meetings

The DDA typically holds its meetings on the first Wednesday of every month at noon at the DDA Office, 150 S. Fifth Avenue, Suite 301, Ann Arbor 48104, although generally no meeting is held in August. Members of the public are welcome to attend, and time is set aside at the beginning and end of each monthly meeting for public comment.
 

 

Committees

The DDA members undertake projects through committees, which set forward yearly work plans at an annual retreat in October. Current committees and areas of interest are as follows:

  • Operations (budget, finance, parking operations)
  • Capital Improvements (construction of pedestrian improvements, new parking facilities, sidewalk and downtown park repairs, wayfinding)
  • Partnerships/Research and Opportunities (public/private projects, DDA Housing Fund Oversight, historic facade loans, downtown benchmarking, downtown studies and plans, grants)
  • Transportation (program development and initiatives, grant oversight, ongoing parking system analysis)
 

Committee Meetings

  • Operations - March 31st, 10:30 am
  • Capital Improvements - March 10th, 11:00 am
  • Transportation -March 31st, 9:00 am
  • Partnerships - March 10th, 9:00 am

Committee Meetings are held at the DDA Office, 150 S. Fifth Avenue, Suite 301, Ann Arbor, 48104

DDA Staff

The DDA works with a small, energetic, and talented staff comprised of:

DDA Annual Budget

Board Packet & Minutes

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“This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.”

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