Tools That Drive District Transformation
TDI delivers multiple coordinated programs within each district, all built on a strong foundation of partnership and community engagement.
TDIFellowship
An embedded mid-career practitioner providing economic development expertise, project leadership, and community facilitation for the district's full TDI tenure.
Partnership Development
A local cross-sector TDI Partnership of community leaders guides district strategy, defines goals, and governs the program's direction.
Grants & Technical Assistance
Quick-win funding, small business grants, real estate grants, and custom technical assistance from House Doctor consultants.
Creative Economy Initiatives
Enhancing the outsized impact that the creative and cultural economies have on Gateway City downtowns and commercial districts.
TDI Uses An Accelerator Model
We commit intensive resources to a district for a defined time—simultaneously working on real estate development, small business stability and growth, arts, and cultural amenities, placemaking, and targeted technical assistance and strategic planning. This work is laid on a platform of community engagement and partnership development; we require that cities assemble a cross-sector partnership to apply in the first place, and over the course of the program we work to make the partnership more representative of the neighborhood and use it as a platform to grow sustaining, working relationships.
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