http://www.hometownlife.com/article/20081208/NEWS/312080003
This is an interesting story about what’s going on in Rochester, where a CPA on the city council has called the DDA’s $2 million budget into question. What they’re dealing with brings up the same issues as the Farmington DDA’s recent decision to move Krista Wolter into managing events.
Marketing and PR have fairly well-established metrics, but how do you measure the value of spending on events? Is it possible to calculate the relative worth to local businesses of a Rochester Holiday Parade – which gets air time on WXYZ-TV – or their holiday light display, which brings people downtown during the season? Does crowd size translate into increased volume for local businesses?
–Joni Hubred-Golden
Publisher, The Enterprise
Why not look into another aspect about how the DDA can actually hurt the community and mismanage taxpayer contributions and your rights? I’ve got some information about it here; http://blissfield.wordpress.com/2010/06/08/things-you-should-know-the-dda-threat/
This isn’t that kind of blog, and Farmington’s not that kind of town. It’s unfortunate you have a negative view of Downtown Development Authorities. Ours has done wonders to revitalize the central business district, with assistance from Main Street Oakland County. We are so supportive of Main Street and the DDA, in fact, that a large majority of Farmington residents voted in favor of spending tax dollars on a streetscape project.
I can imagine, check out what Tax increment financing (TIFF) did for California, nothing to be negative about here.
I don’t write about California. I write about Farmington, where we elected people who created the TIFF district. That’s the beauty of TIFF districts – if you don’t like them, you can try to get the people who approved them out of office.