Downtown Davenport Partnership focuses on growth in annual meeting DDP says that despite the pandemic, the area of lost and handful of businesses and early recovery is looking promising. Author: Connor Day Updated: 7:48 PM CDT June 30, 2021 DAVENPORT, Iowa — In its annual meeting, the Downtown Davenport Partnership expressed a promising road to recovery after local businesses were ravaged by the COVID-19 pandemic. DDP held the meeting in the morning on Wednesday, June 30, with a focus on growth and new investments. The organization says that despite the severity of the ongoing pandemic, the downtown area managed to come out the other end having only lost a handful of businesses.