{"id":648,"date":"2023-10-30T01:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T01:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esbwm.com\/?p=648"},"modified":"2024-08-03T01:56:40","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T01:56:40","slug":"lyndsey-baxter-receives-2023-activist-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esbwm.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/30\/lyndsey-baxter-receives-2023-activist-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyndsey Baxter receives 2023 Activist Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lyndsey<\/p>\n

Lyndsey Baxter, Downtown Excelsior Partnership\u2019s Director since 2014, has been making waves in downtown Excelsior. When she took the reins, downtown\u2019s vacancy rate hovered near 37%. Yet, Lyndsey\u2019s commitment has been unwavering. Today, she\u2019s optimistic about achieving a 100% occupancy rate in the next half-decade, a milestone that has eluded the area for over 50 years.<\/p>\n

The 2022 DEP Annual Report showcases impressive results:
\n\u2013 For every $1 the City of Excelsior Springs invested, DEP generated an extra $8.41.
\n\u2013 A notable rise in taxable retail sales to over $6.9 million, marking a 3.30% year-over-year increase and a staggering 101.48% surge since the inception of the CID.
\n\u2013 The year saw 31,124 overnight stays and nearly $8 million pumped into private building enhancements.
\n\u2013 Volunteers poured in 8,350 hours, and DEP invested over $126,000 in marketing the district and an additional $42,500 in beautifying downtown.<\/p>\n

Lyndsey\u2019s efforts haven\u2019t gone unnoticed. On October 25, 2023, Councilwoman Sonya Morgan honored her as the \u201cExcelsior Springs Business Women of Missouri\u2019s 2023 Woman Activist of the Year.\u201d Morgan praised Lyndsey\u2019s role in securing funds for downtown improvements and her passion for bolstering the local community.<\/p>\n

Coverage by Excelsior Citizen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lyndsey Baxter, Downtown Excelsior Partnership\u2019s Director since 2014, has been making waves in downtown Excelsior. When she took the reins, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":650,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/esbwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652,"href":"https:\/\/esbwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648\/revisions\/652"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esbwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esbwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}