Lorenzo Sanders Sr. is a Safety/Hospitality and Maintenance (SAM) Ambassador on the Special Projects Team and a donor to the DowntownDC Foundation. He has worked for the DowntownDC BID since […]

Michael Bunn is the Lead Facility Assistant at the Downtown Day Services Center. He has worked for the DowntownDC BID since 2007 and is a D.C. resident. “We’ve been going […]

Despite the challenges created by COVID-19 this Thanksgiving, the DowntownDC Foundation served over 200 hot lunches to individuals experiencing homelessness in DowntownDC on Nov. 26, 2020. The traditional meal, from […]

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 […]

The major renovation of historic U.S. National Park Service (NPS) site Franklin Park is set to begin on July 1, setting in motion a transformative project to turn the nearly […]

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 DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) hosted a successful panel event, the Downtown Day Services Center 101: Learn. Ask. Take Action!  on Tuesday, Feb. 18. The morning consisted of a […]