Downtown Findlay
"The Downtown Findlay Improvement District (DFID) has been formed to identify strategic initiatives and opportunities and continue the revitalization of downtown Findlay. We understand the importance of having an organization to establish processes and help identify and coordinate strategic initiatives."
"Revitalize Downtown Findlay"
These are trying times for our community and most certainly our historic and beautiful downtown. While valiant efforts are underway to resurrect our community as a whole, the critical necessity to maintain the vitality of atroubled downtown is incumbent on the members of the Downtown FindlayImprovement District (DFID).
We are an organization working in concert with local economic developmentefforts made up entirely of downtown property owners to oversee thecontinued vitality of this critical urban area.
For many years, downtown Findlay has been the envy of central businessdistricts everywhere. Competing with a growing retail segment on the eastside of Findlay and the emergence of new retail and service space on thewest side, we need to keep a watchful eye on our future. Combine thesecompetitive forces with the uncertainty of flood-related issues and thehighest downtown vacancy rate for first, second, third, and fourth floorspace in recent memory and it becomes clear that the time is now to takecontrol of our destiny as the centerpiece of our community.
Our goal is simple: increase traffic to downtown Findlay, increase propertyvalue, and increase the standard of living for our community. We will beone voice to stand up for our district.
Mike Mallet
President,Downtown Findlay Improvement District