lessphp fatal error: load error: failed to find /home2/jessicr9/public_html/downtown/wp-content/themes/theme44952/bootstrap/less/bootstrap.lesslessphp fatal error: load error: failed to find /home2/jessicr9/public_html/downtown/wp-content/themes/theme44952/style.less{"id":2411,"date":"2014-07-29T19:23:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-29T19:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ineedmagnus.com\/downtown\/?page_id=2411"},"modified":"2014-10-08T13:41:34","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T13:41:34","slug":"impact-accolades","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ineedmagnus.com\/downtown\/impact-accolades\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact &#038; Accolades"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #f58e27;\">DDRG Impact Statement:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><br \/>\n<strong>Downtown DuBois Revitalization Group Progress Report<\/strong><br \/>\nAugust 15, 2014 <\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #f58e27;\">Our Impact by\u00a0the Numbers:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n\t<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">$181,842 in public program money (state, city, county)<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">$285,547 in private raised funds<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">$180,918 in public funds for fa\u00e7ade<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">$252,862 in PRIVATE match for fa\u00e7ade<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">$126,744 in value for volunteer hours (and growing)<\/span><br style=\"color: #222222;\" \/><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">$1,027,913 Total\u00a0Value to the Downtown DuBois Revitalization Effort<\/span>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">This past June marked Downtown DuBois Revitalization Group\u2019s sixth full year of service to the community, businesses, and visitors of downtown DuBois, Pennsylvania. We are proud to announce that DDRG was one of 32 Main Street communities across the commonwealth that was recently accredited as a 2014 National Main Street Program for meeting the revitalization performance standards set by the National Trust Main Street Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Our Board of Directors and staff will continue to bring programming, art and cultural events, live music, family activities, and shopping experiences. We will continue to work to encourage visitors to check out of town, and work with local hotels to send their guests into our community to recreate, eat and shop through our website, publications and events calendars. We will continue to be the lead organization in this community to manage large volunteer efforts with multiple organizations seeking community service opportunities. We will continue to seek public funding for larger scale projects such as making our downtown more pedestrian friendly and connecting it to our walkway, and providing grant funding for fa\u00e7ade improvements throughout our downtown Main Street district. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Here are some statistics that demonstrate how Downtown DuBois Revitalization Group has impacted our community: <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #f58e27;\">Fa\u00e7ade Improvement Projects<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Our role is to apply for, receive and manage state funding that supports 50% grant funds of up to $5,000 per project for buildings located within the Main Street program downtown footprint. Program criteria includes consideration for design and aesthetic with an overall mission to both improve the visual appeal of our downtown buildings while maintaining historic integrity whenever possi-ble. One aspect to keep in mind with this program is that it is geo-graphic specific and tied to a \u201cdowntown foot-print\u201d that was approved by the Pennsylvania Downtown Center. This is the only component of our programming that limits us to the audience to which we serve. Please contact DDRG for eligibility. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Over 33 projects completed<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Total investment in excess of $175,000<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Private to public investment ratio 1.6 to 1<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #f58e27;\">Business Recruitment<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Our role is to maintain an updated database of available space and to proactively recruit entrepreneurs and business owners wishing to open or relocate primarily retail business. We work with property owners, businesses, the chamber of commerce, and real estate executives to find good matches for available spaces throughout our downtown. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">When any new business opens in downtown DuBois, we work with the owners to offer cooperative advertising opportunities, host networking events, engage in downtown activities, and promote these businesses, often at no cost to the business. We make every effort to connect these businesses to the many resources availed to them to help them grow and succeed. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">We recognize that not all entrepreneurs find success with their business, and we have at times worked with many businesses in helping them make difficult decisions about closing, selling or identifying other options in our community. Statistics shown here represent gross growth among companies we have engaged: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">23 new businesses since 2008<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Approximately 40 new full and part time jobs created<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #f58e27;\">Volunteers<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Our role is often that of connecting volunteer groups to projects throughout the community and beyond our \u201cdowntown footprint.\u201d We have worked with schools, churches, service clubs, scouts, families, the adjudicated and more to connect powerful volunteers to great projects in this community. Examples include painting, weeding, clean-up, litter pick-up, gardening, labor\/manpower for events, food preparation and more. The Commonwealth of PA recognizes the value of volunteerism as an integral part of any successful Main Street program, and as such has assigned a labor equivalency rate to equate the value of volunteer time at the current rate of $19.61\/hr. <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Over 3,600 volunteer hours over the last 6 years<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Volunteer investment in excess of $70,500 (state rate of $19.61\/hour)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Over 500 positive media mentions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #f58e27;\">Projects<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Our role at DDRG is to work with the City of DuBois, the Redevelopment Authority and other community partners to tackle what might be some of the \u201csmaller\u201d opportunities to make impact in our community, visually and socially. One example is the informational kiosk in the Pershing lot in Downtown DuBois. DDRG was able to secure a grant to build the kiosk which hosts rotating posters on upcoming events in the downtown area. We also take on art projects, signage and way finding, as well as work to enhance experiences at bigger attractions such as Showers Field, the Beaver Meadow Walkway and DuBois City Park. Another excellent project we have been conducting for 4 years is Fresh Paint Days. DDRG originally secured a grant to help fund the costs of paint and supplies for to help properties that could benefit from a fresh coat of paint. We have continued this great project annually with our own funding. Other project examples include: <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Decorative (mural, brick paver, pocket park)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Informational (welcome sign, kiosk)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Spring cleanups<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Fresh paint days<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Planters<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #f58e27;\">Events<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Our role is to plan and facilitate adult, family and\/or children\u2019s social activities connected to down-town in some way. This is probably our most visible activity in the past 5 years, and includes many Christmas events, a wine and beer festival, art festival, out-door concerts and musicians, art les-sons and farmer\u2019s markets. We rely solely on sponsors, volunteers, small fundraisers and trade partners to help us continue these activities. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Concerts<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Block parties<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Wine walks<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Art walks<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Farmers&#8217; Markets<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8220;Downtown Gives Thanks&#8221; Volunteer Luncheon<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #f58e27;\">Grants<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">In addition to DCED Main Street Funding, DDRG has secured or assisted businesses with: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">At least 9 Competitive grants<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Grants totaling close to $30,000 used to enhance Downtown DuBois<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DDRG Impact Statement: Downtown DuBois Revitalization Group Progress Report August 15, 2014 Our Impact by\u00a0the Numbers: $181,842 in public program money (state, city, county)$285,547 in private raised funds$180,918 in public funds for fa\u00e7ade$252,862 in PRIVATE match for fa\u00e7ade$126,744 in value for volunteer hours (and growing)$1,027,913 Total\u00a0Value to the Downtown DuBois Revitalization Effort This past June marked Downtown DuBois Revitalization Group\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ineedmagnus.com\/downtown\/impact-accolades\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"page-fullwidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ineedmagnus.com\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2411"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ineedmagnus.com\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ineedmagnus.com\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ineedmagnus.com\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ineedmagnus.com\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"https:\/\/www.ineedmagnus.com\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2411\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2800,"href":"https:\/\/www.ineedmagnus.com\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2411\/revisions\/2800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ineedmagnus.com\/downtown\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}