Mpls Downtown Council

Founded in 1955, and one of the most historic central business associations in the nation, the mpls downtown council (mdc) is a membership-based entity that works to create an extraordinary downtown. The mdc’s collaborative development of Intersections: Downtown 2025 Plan was designed to help downtown businesses, community leaders and citizens build on downtown assets and implement future goals.

The mdc and Intersections: The Downtown 2025 Plan works toward creating a consistently compelling downtown experience. Part of that includes producing events that help accentuate people’s experience downtown and offers more opportunities to engage in free or low-cost activities. Some of the events and programming that the Mpls Downtown Council produces along with its partners and sponsors include the Mpls Aquatennial, Holidazzle, Wells Fargo Mpls WinterSkate, Pianos on Parade, Go Outside with Hennepin County, Explore Downtown Living, Minneapolis Idea eXchange, Mess Hall and more.