From the mpls downtown council: 2017 by the Numbers
Monday, February 12, 2018 at 2:45PM
Downtown Minneapolis 2017 Year in Review
The mpls downtown council hosted its 62nd annual meeting on Monday, February 12 at the Hilton Minneapolis in front of a record crowd. More than 1,300 people registered for the event, which featured a comprehensive year in review. The annual meeting was emceed by WCCO-TV’s Amelia Santaniello, and the in-audience reporter was WCCO-TV’s Mike Augustyniak.
Top 15 downtown employers:
1. Target (8,333 Employees)
2. Hennepin County Medical Center (7,105 )
3. Wells Fargo (7,000)
4. Hennepin County (6,595)
5. Ameriprise Financial (4,893)
6. U.S. Bank (4,651)
7. Xcel Energy ( 2,351 )
8. City of Minneapolis (2,060)
9. RBC Wealth Management (1,475)
10. Thrivent Financial (1,352)
11. Capella Education (1,258)
12. Star Tribune (1,096)
13. SPS Commerce (1,002)
14. Federal Reserve Bank (970)
15. ABM (910)
2017 by the numbers:
- Current Downtown Population: 43,456
- Since 2006, downtown has gained 11,552 residents, a 36.2% increase
- Minneapolis topped $1 billion in construction permits for the 6th straight year. Of the $1.497 billion in permits, $777 million were from downtown wards 3 and 7 alone
- A combined 1,203 rented units and 374 owned residential units are currently under construction downtown
- Metro Transit ridership topped 81.9 million on buses and trains.
- Green Line LRT ridership reached 13.1 million rides, and Blue Line LRT’s 10.6 million rides
- Downtown’s Central Business District = 36.67% of all Twin Cities office space
- There was a 77% reduction in crime by Downtown 100 Offenders within the Minneapolis Downtown Improvement District Boundaries, the 8th straight year of 65% + reduction
- Hennepin Theatre Trust’s Orpheum Theatre ranked 8th worldwide in Pollstar tickets sold
- Minneapolis DID picked up 21,965 bags of trash, 2,394 recycling bags, removed 32,084 gum spots and issued 89,615 pedestrian assists
- The mpls downtown council added 86 members, bringing it s total membership to 440 organizations. The mdc had a 19% memb ership growth in 2017
- The 2025 Plan committees include 358 volunteers from the downtown community
