Downtown Steering Committee received the 2008 Golden Totem Award at the Ketchikan Visitor Bureau’s award Banquet.  This award is given to the individual or business who has demonstrated outstanding leadership, new ideas and cooperative efforts in working with the Ketchikan’s visitor industry.  It was a great honor.  We would like to thank our Members, Board, Neighbors, Newtown & Old Town, also KVB, Historic Ketchikan, Chamber of Commerce, City of Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough and the Planning Department at the KGB.  Special thanks to Tom Williams, Kyan Reeve and Leslie Jackson at the Planning Department.  I say lets make our Downtown Shine!

Thanks

Susan Peters

Chair

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By Edward Lawrence

downtownresearch.com

The downtowns of our cities comprise a relatively small portion of the city geographic area, but they are immensely important in determining the image and the economic well-being of the city and the metropolitan region. Downtowns are very unique and special places with a character not found in outlying parts of the city, and certainly not found in the suburbs. This character is very special, and it is something that government officials and city residents should make an effort to preserve and enhance. Once the special qualities that make our downtowns special are destroyed, it is unlikely they can ever be replaced.

I want to suggest nine characteristics of a successful downtown that set it apart from other parts of the region and that make downtown a very unique and special place. These factors are important both for large cities and for smaller towns.

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