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Wenatchee Downtown Association
2009-2010 Board of Directors, Officers & Staff

Board of Directors

Mary Woods (2007-2010)
The Kitchen Sync (President)

Roy Gray (2009-2012)
Davis Furniture (Vice President) 

Tamara Dezellem (2006-2010)
Cordell, Neher & Associates (Treasurer & Past President)  

Jerri Barkley (2007-2010)
Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort

Shawn Clodfelder (2008-2011)
Coca-Cola

Becky Driscoll (2010-2011)
Stemilt Creek Winery 

Don Gurnard (City of Wenatchee Representative)
Wenatchee City Council 

Steve Lee (2009-2012)
Cashmere Valley Bank

Dianna Miller (2009-2012)
ALCOA

Tony Veeder (City of Wenatchee Representative)
Wenatchee City Council 

Alan Walker (2009-2012)
United Way of Chelan & Douglas Counties 

Eric West (2007-2010)
Link Transit

Incoming Board Members for the 2010 - 2013 Term (Starts April 1, 2010)

Mark Hamilton | Director of Real Estate Division | Hamilton Investments
Mark's main objectives while serving on the WDA Board of Directors will be: 1) Extend Downtown core 2) Increase membership 3) Create a stronger WDA by working with other groups to bring about changes and to promote similar visions 4) Because of his strong support for the WDA Mark would be a strong fund-raiser 5)  Have the WDA become a strong force of change with City Council and the building and zoning departments for the benefit of our members.

Jenny Pratt | Executive Director | Wenatchee Valley YWCA
Jenny's non-profit experience includes 7 years as the Executive Director of the YWCA and past volunteer board positions with the American Heart Association and the Wenatchee Youth Circus. Jenny has previously worked with the WDA on the Harvest Festival and the National Main Street Award. The YWCA is interested in building partnerships with other downtown businesses. She is a lifelong Wenatchee resident and grew up in the downtown where her parents had a sewing business next to the Morris building. Jenny enjoys working with a team and has lots of great connections in the community.

Michael Teaney | Vice President, Commercial Lending | Banner Bank
Michael has a background in commercial lending spanning more than 20 years. In the past he has worked with Downtown Development Authorities in both Detroit and Royal Oak, MI. Projects included streetscape projects, facade projects, attracting businesses to coincide with master plans and multitudes of other objectives. Michael believes that in this ever more challenging financial environment the importance of entities like WDA increase and the actions are readily seen in the district.

Staff

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Elisabeth Holt (Program Assistant)

The Mission of the Wenatchee Downtown Association is to promote and enrich the downtown experience. 

We are cheerleaders for local small businesses, defenders of our historic downtown, promoters of local culture and ringleaders of those who will help us!

We are a non-profit, membership-based organization that believes implicitly in the value of each member’s contribution, whether it be in dues, great ideas or hours spent volunteering.

We are proud members of the Washington State Main Street Program and we are nationally-recognized as the 2003 National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Great American Main Street Award Winner. (Not too shabby considering there are over 1600 communities vying for this award across the country each year!)

Get More Information About the Main Street Approach!

The Main Street Approach is a community-driven, comprehensive program that is used to revitalize older, traditional business districts throughout the United States.  It is a common-sense way to address the variety of issues and problems that face traditional business districts.  The underlying premise of the Main Street approach is to encourage economic development within the context of historic preservation in ways appropriate to today's marketplace. The Main Street Approach advocates a return to community self-reliance, local empowerment, and the rebuilding of traditional commercial districts based on their unique assets: distinctive architecture, a pedestrian-friendly environment, personal service, local ownership, and a sense of community.

The Main Street approach is incremental; it is not designed to produce immediate change. Because they often fail to address the underlying causes of commercial district decline, expensive improvements, such as pedestrian malls, do not always generate the desired economic results. In order to succeed, a long-term revitalization effort requires careful attention to every aspect of downtown — a process that takes time and requires leadership and local capacity building.

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The WDA is here to make sure that our historic downtown is healthy and vibrant and that its unique character and personality remain preserved. We do this in many ways including:

•    Working with our Economic Development Committee and the City of Wenatchee to develop a comprehensive vision for downtown that meets the needs of downtown residents, business and property owners.
•    Working with our Promotions Committee to develop projects, events and materials that draw guests downtown to shop, dine, obtain services or open their own business!
•    Working with our Design Committee to make sure that downtown is a safe, clean, visually appealing and historically authentic destination for guests, residents, business and property owners.
•    Working with our Officers and Board of Directors to advocate for downtown businesses within our community and on state and national levels.

Get More Information About Serving on a WDA Committee to Make Your Voice Heard!

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