DDP Datascape Trends
DDP Datascape Trends
Number of Hotel Rooms Continues to Grow to Meet Demand
December 20, 2022
By Joshua Long, Data Program Director During the pandemic, when travel was down and people were staying home, the occupancy rate for hotel rooms in Downtown was drastically lower. In . . .
Downtown History (Centennial)
Downtown Density 1925-2020
August 23, 2022
DDP Centennial: 100 years of Population Data By Joshua Long, Data Program Director The Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) is marking its 100-year anniversary this year. In 1922, the first version . . .
DDP Datascape Trends
What Has Changed Since 2019, What to Expect Moving Forward
May 31, 2022
By Joshua Long, Data Program Director Observational bias is the phenomenon where the apparent observed values are different from what the actual true values are. It comes about because individuals . . .
DDP Datascape Trends
Deeper Dive: Counting Downtown Residents
February 1, 2022
By Joshua Long, Data Program Director In the last BIZ Insider, we looked at the Downtown population on a large scale and in today’s issue, we take a deeper analysis on how . . .
DDP Datascape Trends
Downtown Detroit Residential Population Breakdown
November 18, 2021
By Joshua Long, Data Program Director Last quarter we looked at the overall number of visitors to Downtown and the impact the pandemic has had on visitation. In 2019, Downtown had somewhere . . .
DDP Datascape Trends
The COVID-19 Effect on Downtown Visitation
July 18, 2021
By Joshua Long, Data Program Director One of the most common requests for information over the past year is a measure of the demand for Downtown services, retail, hospitality, etc., throughout . . .