Mirik Milan

Mirik Milan (born 1981) is the former Amsterdam Night Mayor responsible for launching the independent night mayor role which liaises directly with the municipality of Amsterdam.[1] His work helped create similar government positions in over 30 other global cities. Elected in 2012, Milan worked directly [2] with the nightlife economy in Amsterdam. While night mayor, 24-hour venue permits were granted and crime around Amsterdam's Rembrandtplein was reduced. Milan's work was replicated in places like London with Mayor Sadiq Khan's 2016 appointment of "night czar," Amy Lamé, and New York's Ariel Palitz[3][4] in 2018.

Mirik Milan
Night Mayor, Amsterdam
In office
2012–2018
Personal details
Born1981
Soest, Netherlands

Rembrandtplein Transformation

During his time as night mayor, Mirik Milan oversaw the transformation of Amsterdam's Rembrandtplein. The three-year project included making the plaza more accessible to pedestrians, creating a mobile website for managing complaints, and enlisting Rembrandtplein hosts to keep social situations from escalating. Most notably, alcohol-related problems dropped by 25% as a result of Milan's work.[5]

Global Impact

In addition to London and New York, Milan's work influenced municipal governments [6] in Paris, Tokyo, Los Angeles,[7] Madrid, San Francisco, Sydney, Seattle, Berlin, Tbilisi, Valparaíso, Santiago, Manchester, Austin, Toulouse, Tbilisi, Mannheim, Florence, Vilnius, San Luis Potosi City, Nijmegen, Gronigen, Zwolle, Den Haag, Eindhoven, Orlando, Florida, Pittsburgh, Iowa City, Iowa, Aberdeen, Fort Lauderdale, Asuncion, Paraguay, and Kazan, Russia to appoint "night mayors." [8] While Night Mayor of Amsterdam, Milan hosted the first global "Night Mayors' Summit"[9] to create a framework for other cities. 20 world leaders were in attendance.[10]

Creative Footprint & VibeLab

In late 2017, Mirik Milan joined Berlin Clubcommission board member, Lutz Leichsenring, in the Creative Footprint not-for-profit initiative.[11] Using data provided by Musicboard Berlin, and Harvard University, Creative Footprint creates a score based on a city's cultural programming, impact, and support from local government. Berlin, for example, achieved a 8.02 out of 10 rating.[12] The data Creative Footprint collects is used to show value of creative spaces and influence civic leaders.[13]

Under the consultancy, VibeLab, Mirik and Lutz compiled the Creative Impact NYC report in September 2018 in conjunction with University of Pennsylvania Researcher Michael Fichman. [14]Among data collected, the study pinpointed NYC's most experimental venues as being located in Ridgewood, Queens and Bushwick South, Brooklyn. The report ranked NYC behind Berlin with a 7.29 out of 10.[15]

N8BM A'DAM

Mirik Milan founded the N8BM A'DAM foundation with Ella Overkleeft and Michiel Friedhoff in 2014.[16] The goal of the organization is to ensure continuity of the night mayor's office while developing new initiatives both directly and indirectly related to Amsterdam nightlife.[17]

MRKMLN

Beginning in 2005, Mirik Milan began working under the name MRKMLN as a nightclub promoter with club nights like RAUW (Amsterdam, Utrecht, Barcelona, and Berlin), where he introduced artists like Erol Alkan, Boys Noize, Justice, Busy P, Crookers, Brodinski, and Gesaffelstein to the Dutch music scene,[18] Night Voyage (Paradiso Amsterdam), and Manifesto. He also handled strategy and production for Nuit Blanche, OFFICE (festival), and Amsterdam Fashion Week,[19] and worked for Vice, the Stedelijk Museum, and Diesel.[20]

References
  1. "Amsterdam Has a 'Night Mayor' and He's Not Here Just to Party". 2017.
  2. "What Europe's 'Night Mayors' Can Teach New York". 2017.
  3. "New York Appoints Its First Nightlife Mayor". 2018.
  4. "How to Be a Good 'Night Mayor'". 2017.
  5. "Amsterdam's 'night mayor' aims to improve Vancouver nightlife".
  6. Ross, Sara (2017). "Making a Music City: The Commodification of Culture in Toronto's Urban Redevelopment, Tensions between Use-Value and Exchange-Value, and the Counterproductive Treatment of Alternative Cultures within Municipal Legal Frameworks". Journal of Law and Social Policy. 27 (1).
  7. "Amsterdam's 'Nightlife Mayor' Wants to Revolutionize the Future of Los Angeles". 2017.
  8. "Amsterdam's 'night mayor' is turning his city into a 24-hour adventure". 2016.
  9. "The stuff of night mayors:Amsterdam pioneers new way to run cities after dark". 2016.
  10. "How night mayors are proving the economic and cultural value of robust nightlife". 2016.
  11. "Measuring Live Space in Cities" (PDF).
  12. "Berlin garnered a score of 8.02 out of 10". 2017.
  13. "New York Today: The Nightlife Mayor's Citywide Tour".
  14. "What Small, Diverse Music Venues Mean to New York City".
  15. "New York Today: The Nightlife Mayor's Citywide Tour".
  16. "Wat is N8BM ADAM".
  17. "Nachtburgemeester: 'Meer dan een leuk erebaantje'".
  18. "Speakers Tallinn Music Week".
  19. "Amsterdam Fashion Week en Nachtburgemeester slaan handen ineen". 2013.
  20. "reSite".
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