Downtown dilemma Loveland’s downtown authority survives dissolution attempt

Loveland’s downtown is at a crossroads, with the city’s Downtown Development Authority taking a sharp turn in a new direction.
Felicia Harmon resigned from her 11-year post as director of the authority in November. In December, Loveland’s city council voted whether to dissolve the DDA. The organization survived the vote, but there will be major structural changes.
The DDA was founded in 1979 to revitalize the downtown district and encourage economic growth. The mission included analyzing economic changes, protecting property values, encouraging the district’s economic health, and planning, funding, constructing and operating public facilities.
The initiative to dissolve…