Grants

The DDA provided support to a variety of projects that are aimed at strengthening the downtown. Recent grants have included:

  • Grants to the four Downtown Area Associations to encourage attractive window displays
  • Annual grants totalling over $1.5 million to support the go!pass and getDowntown Program from 2004-2010
  • A grant for $100,000 to support Zipcars in Downtown Ann Arbor
  • A $20,000 grant to the Shelter Association of Washtenaw County providing beds and supporitve services for Winter 2009-10
  • A grant to the City of Ann Arbor for $8 million to pay for the construction of its new court/police building as well as a $200,000 grant to ensure that the new building meets the LEED Gold standard
  • A $200,000 set aside to create the DDA Energy Saving Grant Program
  • Grants to Avalon Housing and Dawn Farm totalling almost $1million for downtown affordable housing projects as well as a $15,000 grant for a county-wide housing needs assessment
  • A $100,000 grant to the City for a solar electric demonstration project at the Farmer's Market.
  • A $630,000 grant to the City's Energy fund for the installation of energy effiicient LED lights in the DDA District
  • Yearly grants since 2002 totalling over $35,000 to the City for the Downtown Spring Cleanups, which provides funds for graffiti coverage, flower planting, and fire hydrant painting by school children.

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"The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong. It should be a place where every man feels safe on his streets and in the house of his friends. It should be a place where each individual's dignity and self-respect is strengthened by the respect and affection of his neighbors. It should be a place where each of us can find the satisfaction and warmth which comes from being a member of the community of man. This is what man sought at the dawn of civilization. It is what we seek today."

Lyndon B. Johnson