Port of Tauranga 59th National Jazz Festival
20th June 2022
Downtown Tauranga is the brand name of Mainstreet Tauranga Inc, a not-for-profit organisation established to represent the business members that make up our city centre. Across commercial, retail, hospitality and service sectors we have hundreds of passionate business owners, operators and staff who we work with and support to grow our city centre.
We are an outcome driven organisation. Underpinning evey intiative, every event, every action that we take at Downtown Tauranga, is our core purpose which is to attract more people into our city centre, to live, work and play and to encourage them to stay longer and spend more while they are here. How we do that is by a well-developed approach of collaboration, innovation and strategic focus. By demonstratively contributing to city centre revitalisation every day in as many ways as our resources allow, we are active stakeholders in the vision to grow a vibrant, enriching and thriving city centre that is the commercial, cultural and civic hub of the region.
Outcomes for Downtown Tauranga include:
MEET THE BOARD
The Downtown Tauranga board is a high calibre representation of our membership and comprises the following highly capable, motivated and passionate city centre advocates.
Brian Berry - Chair
Property Managers Group
Trevor Donaghy - Vice Chair
Lonestar Tauranga
Tom Beswick - Treasurer
Director - Ingham Mora
Steven Vincent
TechnologyWise, Co-Founder - Basestation & Venture Centre
Julie Hammon
Hammon Diamond Jewellers
Jessica Rafferty
Crown & Badger
Matt Cowley
Chief Executive - Tauranga Chamber of Commerce
Kelly Shepherd
Clever Kids at Craniums
John Dewes-Hodgson
Tranquillo Beauty Clinic
Brooke Courtney
Sharp Tudhope
Tracey Rudduct-Gudsell
Heartland Bank
Emily Beaton
Trustpower
MEET THE MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING TEAM
Where strategy, innovation and a culture of excellence collide! The Downtown Tauranga management and marketing team go above and beyond every day to deliver more and add immeasurable value to the city centre. With an innovative, nimble, efficient, capable and steadfastly passionate and committed approach to contributing to city centre revitalisation in a demonstrative and accountable way, the team deliver on the board’s strategic directives. The Tuskany team operate to accountable KPI’s and board reporting to deliver strategic, accountable, outcome focussed management and marketing for Mainstreet Downtown Tauranga.
STRATEGIC DIRECTION, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS
Sally Cooke
MAINSTREET MANAGER
Millie Pidwell
STRATEGIC SUPPORT, FINANCES & ADMINISTRATION
Fiona Corkery
MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS & DIGITAL SUPPORT
Renata Drysdale
CREATIVE & DESIGN SUPPORT
Rochelle O’Loan
Alex Slack