// TEAM

The power of collective wisdom and drive.

DANIEL HINTZ

CEO/Chief Experience Designer

Daniel Hintz founded the Velocity Group in 2014 to provide a systems-based approach to placemaking, focusing on the dynamic ways the individual parts of a project interrelates within the larger community context. It his belief in the power of collective wisdom and working with people driven by a common vision that provides the powerfully collaborative outcomes of Velocity Group projects. Daniel has cultivated his approach over a lifetime of work as an actor, filmmaker, chef, educator, non-profit executive, small business owner, property developer, restauranteur, event producer, social service provider, community advocate and volunteer, informing his uncommon approach to the work of placemaking and community experience design.

As CEO/Chief Experience Officer of Velocity, Daniel has worked on a wide variety of projects all over North America, including downtown master plans, regional economic development initiatives, branding and marketing strategies, private development projects and tenant programming, event production, art and cultural initiatives, restaurant and hospitality concepts, public outreach and engagement, and public policy work.  He has also founded Blockline, LLC, a private development company that aligns strategic investments, catalytic projects and associated tenant programming that supports both solid returns and strengthens the adjacent neighborhoods.

Daniel served as Executive Director of Fayetteville Downtown Partners, where he produced the Fayetteville Arts Festival, structured the formation of the Fayetteville Arts Council, co-wrote the initial Fayetteville Public Art Policy, crafted the state’s first municipally formed Arts District in downtown Fayetteville and changed state BID law to include the arts as a fundable line item, among other projects. He went on to serve as Executive Director of Downtown Bentonville, Inc., where he managed and facilitated economic development, experience design and marketing for the 1,768-acre downtown district. Growing the non-profit downtown association from two to seven employees, expanding organizational revenue by 300%, directly recruiting over $50 Million in downtown investment and producing 400+ events that generated over 750,000+ visitors to downtown, his work fostered a growing art, entertainment, culinary, and entrepreneurial scene which has earned national attention.

In 2008, he earned an Experience Economy Expert certification from Joseph Pine and Jim Gilmore. Their thoughts on the rising consumer value of experience and authenticity were listed by TIME magazine as a Top 100 Idea Changing the World. He was the editor for the annual statewide magazine Block, Street, and Building: New Urbanism in Arkansas published by the Arkansas Times from 2016-2019. Daniel now serves on the Advisory Board for First National Bank of NWA, the Programs Chair on the Board of Urban Land Institute of Northwest Arkansas, and as a Commissioner for the Bentonville Advertising and Promotions Commission, among numerous other volunteer and philanthropic endeavors. He holds a BFA in Film from the University of Colorado Boulder.

Projects Included
  • Downtown Master Plans
  • Regional Economic Development Initiatives
  • Branding and Marketing Strategies
  • Private Development Projects & Tenant Programming
  • Event production
  • Art and Cultural Initiatives
  • Restaurant and Hospitality Concepts
  • Public Outreach and Engagement
  • Public Policy Work
Noteworthy

  • Editor for the annual statewide magazine Block, Street, and Building: New Urbanism

  • Experience Economy Expert certification from Joseph Pine and Jim Gilmore

  • Daniel holds a BFA in Film from the University of Colorado Boulder

Daniel Hintz

What people are saying. 

“Daniel Hintz is a really bright fellow who has lots of practical and pragmatic skills, and ton of vision and creativity. Usually you meet folks who have one of those attributes, but rarely all of them. Daniel is a rare sort of pro.”

John AndersonCo-founder and Principal Anderson|Kim/Toller Architecture and Urban Planning

“Daniel Hintz possesses a knack for connecting people, ideas and capital (financial and otherwise) in ways that benefit all parties. His vision is obvious given his aggregate accomplishments, but what is often underestimated is his willingness to go to any length to bridge thought to reality.”

Stan ZylowskiPresident, Movista, Inc.

“Daniel has been our mojo master and an awesome experience architect. His input, valuable insight and most importantly, his great contagious attitude, has helped us get thru the hardest moments on our project. There’s no one out there who gets the essence of our complex project the way he does.”

Paola BarreraSr. Project Manager Marea La Paz, La Paz, Mexico