The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) continues to invest in new workforce development programs for the red-and-black uniformed caretakers of DowntownDC — the Safety/Hospitality and Maintenance ambassadors (SAMs).  After an in-depth survey by the BID’s administration to determine what […]

By Alexis Neely If you’ve taken a stroll through Chinatown recently, you may have noticed a fresh sense of vibrancy and color, the product of a new planter bed installation […]

By Alexis Neely The 2018 FIFA World Cup games are here! Several restaurants and bars in DowntownDC are opening their doors for fans from all over to cheer on their favorite teams […]

The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) welcomed 14 new Safety/Hospitality and Maintenance employees (SAMs) to its dedicated corps of red-and-black uniformed ambassadors. Out of the more than 200 applicants, 12 completed […]

By Stefani Cox, BetterBikeShare.org, and Michael Andersen, PlacesForBikes: “The U.S. capital city has an important role in the modern history of biking: In 2010, it launched the country’s first major bike-sharing service and one of […]

December 8, 2017 By Cassia King The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) recently hosted the first of two all-hands-on-deck “clean sweep” days where all BID ambassadors took to the streets […]

We found a habit worth keeping. The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) took a trip to Dirty Habit (555 8th Street), a luxe venue at the Hotel Monaco, for the second installment […]

Did you “Kick It?” this summer with the DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) and attend the BID’s first-ever summer movie series? “DowntownDC Presents: Can I Kick It? With Shaolin Jazz,” was an outdoor martial […]

Experience watching your favorite classic martial arts films outdoors set to an original, live hip-hop score this June as DowntownDC Summer Flicks & Shaolin Jazz Present Can I Kick It? […]