The Missouri DREAM Initiative is a collaborative effort on the part of three state agencies: The Missouri Development Finance Board, the Missouri Department of Economic Development, and the Missouri Housing Development Commission. These three agencies have pooled their resources to provide the City of St. Joseph with technical and financial assistance; technical assistance in the form of the services of PGAV, and financial assistance by giving St. Joseph priority in consideration for various state grant and loan programs.

The DREAM Initiative entails a three-year planning process, which provides the framework for the implementation of goals and future projects identified in that process. The planning process entails several major components and focuses on the Downtown DREAM Study Area, which the City of St. Joseph identified in its DREAM application.

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Documents related to the DREAM Initiative:

• Community Phone Survey Report
• Downtown Building Rehabilitation Application
• Downtown TIF Plan St Joseph
• Downtown Felix Street Retail & Entertainment District
• DREAM Initiative Application
• Focus Group Survey Report
• Map Reference Handbook
• Organizational Structure Review
• Proposed Downtown Parking Plan
• Residential Demand Analysis
• St. Joseph Convention Center, Hotel, and Civic Arena Strategy Study DRAFT
• St Joseph Downtown TIF Cost-Benefit Analysis 2009
• St. Joseph Downtown Building Blocks-Strategic Plan
• St. Joseph Vision

Artist's rendering of a proposed St. Joseph Events Center. Click picture for a larger view.
View down Felix St. from the west.	View from the southeast.	View from the west/southwest.
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