Like most organizations in the District of Columbia, the DowntownDC Business Improvement District is taking a series of precautionary actions to comply with the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency declaration issued by […]

Help the DowntownDC BID continue to support individuals experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic by donating on May 5 to the DowntownDC Foundation for #GivingTuesdayNow, a global day of giving in response to COVID-19. In March 2020, operations […]

With the District operating under a shelter-in-place order, the DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) remains open for business. This means that the BID’s red-and-black uniformed Safety/Hospitality and Maintenance (SAM) Ambassadors are hard at work seven days a week, cleaning […]

The District is going green! The city has introduced several new initiatives to help prepare for 21st-century climate challenges. Last year, the Mayor unveiled the Resilient DC Plan, a strategy for the city […]

Is your business, organization or you working towards a more sustainable DC? District Sustainability Awards The annual District Sustainability Awards are coming up. Each year the District awards businesses, organizations, […]

The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) recently trained five Safety/Hospitality and Maintenance (SAM) ambassadors to complete sidewalk brick repairs through a brick and masonry program.  The program enables Business Improvement […]

The DowntownDC BID this summer added six new, red bistro tables with chairs in McPherson Square (15th & I streets NW), part of the BID’s ongoing efforts to activate public […]

More bicycle parking is coming to DowntownDC this summer as the DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) installs six new in-street bike racks to provide safe places to lock up your […]