Willmar Design Center

Business Stakeholders and Friends of Downtown....here is your opportunity to make a difference in downtown Willmar, promote your own business--and maybe just generally support projects of the Willmar Design Center to restore the heart of the City!

Fundraising Goal: $39,000
Total as of 1-18-12: $ 6,250

Business Stakeholders
We welcome your tax-deductible donation using Paypal--or, there is a submittal slip inside the Business Stakeholder Packet below that can be printed and mailed with your check.
Stakeholder Brochure, Submittal Form, Letter

Friends of Downtown
We welcome all Friends of Downtown using the pre-set amounts at Paypal--or if you prefer to send a check, there is a submittal slip inside the Friends of Downtown Packet below that can be printed and mailed with your check in any amount you wish to donate.
Friends of Downtown Letter, Submittal Form

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The Willmar Design Center is a local nonprofit focusing on revitalizing Downtown Willmar and making it a destination for all.

Looking for new ideas to improve the city, a group of volunteers enlisted the help of the Minnesota Design Team in 2005. The Minnesota Design Team specializes in helping communities plan their future through grassroots involvement, volunteerism and quality design. Out of these sessions and public meetings, the Willmar Design Center was formed and goals were established.

VISION:
To Renew Historic Downtown Willmar as a Social, Cultural, Government and Economic Center.

MISSION:
Renewing the Heart of the City

As a nonprofit, the Willmar Design Center engages volunteers to lead city improvements through three committees:

As a member of Main Street Minnesota, the Willmar Design Center is addressing projects such as the expansion of Becker Market, opening Litchfield Avenue to through traffic, extending the Glacial Lakes State Trail to downtown Willmar’s Selvig Park and the feasibility of building a downtown parking ramp for patients and visitors to Rice Memorial Hospital.

We work with a part-time coordinator, an urban planner and partner with many to improve the Heart of Our City.