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{{Infobox Organization  
 
{{Infobox Organization  
 
|name=Downtown Improvement Board
 
|name=Downtown Improvement Board
|image=DowntownPensacolaLogo.png
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|size=288px
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|size=
 
|caption=
 
|caption=
 
|mission=
 
|mission=
|motto=
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|motto="What a life!"
 
|formation=[[1972]]
 
|formation=[[1972]]
 
|extinction=
 
|extinction=
 
|type=  
 
|type=  
|location=[[226 S. Palafox Pl]], Suite 106<br/>[[Seville Tower ]]
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|location=[[Rhodes Building]], Suite 401<br/>41 North [[Jefferson Street]]
 
|membership=
 
|membership=
|leader_title=Executive Director
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|leader_title=Director
|leader_name=[[Walker Wilson]]
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|leader_name=[[Franklin Kimbrough]]
|board=[[Michael Carro ]], ''Chairman''<br/>[[Jean Pierre N'Dione ]], ''Vice Chair''<br/>[[Nathan Hollar]], ''Treasurer''<br/>[[Claire Campbell]]<br/>[[Patti Sonnen]] <br/>[[County Commissioner Robert Bender, ex-officio]] <br/>[[City Councilmen Casey Jones, ex-officio]]
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|board=[[Dan Lozier]], ''Chairman''<br/>[[Sandra Ward]], ''Vice Chair''<br/>[[Corbett Davis, Jr.]], ''Treasurer''<br/>[[Blaise Adams]]<br/>[[Burney Merrill]]
|staff=2
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|staff=3
 
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|key_people=
|budget= $776,559 (FY2022-2023 projected)<ref name="expansion">[http://www.downtownpensacola.com/DIB/QA.asp Expansion Q&A] - Official website</ref>
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|budget=$774,290 (FY07 projected)<ref name="expansion">[http://www.downtownpensacola.com/DIB/QA.asp Expansion Q&A] - Official website</ref>
 
|website=[http://www.downtownpensacola.com/ downtownpensacola.com]
 
|website=[http://www.downtownpensacola.com/ downtownpensacola.com]
 
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The 44-block area of the DIB is an uneven collection of commercial properties centered roughly around [[Palafox Street]], bounded to the north by [[Belmont Street|Belmont]] and [[Wright Street]]s and to the south by [[Lexington Plaza]]. The east-west axis is centered along [[Garden Street]] as far east as [[Alcaniz Street|Alcaniz]] and as far west as [[A Street]].
 
The 44-block area of the DIB is an uneven collection of commercial properties centered roughly around [[Palafox Street]], bounded to the north by [[Belmont Street|Belmont]] and [[Wright Street]]s and to the south by [[Lexington Plaza]]. The east-west axis is centered along [[Garden Street]] as far east as [[Alcaniz Street|Alcaniz]] and as far west as [[A Street]].
 
==Projects==
 
===Downtown parking===
 
The Downtown Parking Management District strives to provide plentiful, accessible, low cost and free parking throughout Downtown Pensacola.  With 1,543 off-street spaces and 6,983 on-street spaces, you will find 8,526 parking spots dispersed in convenient locations throughout downtown.
 
 
===Retail strategy===
 
On [[December 6]], [[2007]] the DIB unveiled a study by Fort Lauderdale-based firm [http://www.marketingdevelopments.com/ Marketing Developments] which laid out a two-year roadmap to improve the downtown retail environment. Among the recommendations:<ref>[http://www.downtownpensacola.com/Business/RetailStrategy.pdf Retail strategy]</ref><ref>"Downtown businesses laud retail report." ''Pensacola News Journal'', December 17, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://ricksblog.biz/?p=2658 HarborTown?] Rick's Blog, December 7, 2007.</ref>
 
*Change one-way streets to two-way.
 
*Encourage business owners to keep later, more consistent hours of operation.
 
*Hold weekend markets on the [[Palafox Street]] median.
 
*Market downtown area under the name "HarborTown."
 
  
 
===Expansion efforts===
 
===Expansion efforts===

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