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Strategic Diversity Plan

The Strategic Diversity Plan outlines 6 SMART goals that will represent the focus of DTP's diversity and inclusion activities over the next two years. The plan includes comprehensive action plans that describe the specific steps, key participants, and completion dates needed to achieve each SMART goal. The Downtown Tucson Partnership's Social Justice Committee oversees the creation and implementation of the DTP's Strategic Diversity Plan.

SMART Goal #1

The Downtown Tucson Partnership will develop a diversity plan for 2021-2022, which outlines SMART goals, action steps and key participants, as demonstrated by the ability to present the plan to organizational shareholders for review and discussion.

Full (non-updated) Strategic Diversity Plan →

SMART Goal #2

The Downtown Tucson Partnership will identify specific measures/metrics that will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of the overall DEI initiative, as demonstrated by the ability to incorporate those measures/metrics into standard data generation practices.

Metrics to Evaluate Effectiveness of the Strategic Diversity Plan →

SMART Goal #3

The Downtown Tucson Partnership will launch an annual curated partnership program investing (monetary and in-kind) in a diverse roster of downtown events and develop a calendar of DTP-sponsored events focused on goals outlined in the action plan.

Learn more about the Downtown Tucson For Everyone grant →

SMART Goal #4

The Downtown Tucson Partnership will develop and implement a strategy for increasing Board diversity, as demonstrated by the ability to communicate the specific steps of this strategy to key community stakeholders.

DTP Board Member Demographics Survey 2023 →

SMART Goal #5

The Downtown Tucson Partnership will develop a strategy to recruit more diverse businesses to Downtown Tucson, as demonstrated by the ability to communicate the specific steps of this strategy to key community stakeholders. 

Downtown Tucson Business Owner Demographic Survey 2023 →

SMART Goal #6

The Downtown Tucson Partnership will facilitate a community assessment, as demonstrated by the creation of an assessment process, and the implementation, compilation and summarization of the assessment results.

Downtown Tucson Community Perceptions Survey 2022 →