08/28/2017 - Free Economic Development Webinar
PUBLIC NOTICE
Free Economic Development Webinar
PORT ORCHARD, WA – The City of Port Orchard is hosting a series of webinars from Roger Brooks International. The next webinar, “The Resurgence of Downtowns – Getting People Downtown
250 Days a Year” will be shown at 8:30am on Wednesday, September 6, 2017, in the Robert G. Geiger Council Chambers located at Port Orchard City Hall, 216 Prospect Street, Port Orchard,
WA.
If your downtown is struggling, what comes first - people or shops? The answer is people. Where people are, consistently, retailers will follow. Head to any major airport and you can
see this in action. BUT the REAL answer is that you need people downtown 250 days (or more a year). Many downtowns produce two, three, ten events a year downtown, but if each of those
was two days long, that’s still only 20 days of activity downtown, far short of what would incentivize a retailer to move downtown, and far short of “consistently." Even 250 days of
activity still leaves another 50+ days the retailer needs to worry about bringing people in the door (and that’s if they are closed one day a week). So how do you reach that magic number?
How long will it take? What will it cost? What about poor weather months? It sounds impossible! In this Downtown Resurgence, deep-dive session, we’ll provide ways to get it started,
how to create momentum, costs and funding ideas, timing (a three-year plan), weather and other seasonal considerations - everything you need to know to bring your downtown back to life,
making it the central hub and an amazing destination for both your residents and visitors. You’ll see photographic examples of what other downtowns have done, common mistakes, near-misses,
and big wins.
These webinars are free and open to the public.
Noticed on: August 28, 2017
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City of Port Orchard
City Clerk’s Office
216 Prospect Street, Port Orchard, WA 98366
Voice: (360) 876-4407 ( Fax: (360) 895-9029
cityclerk@cityofportorchard.us
www.cityofportorchard.us