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 […]

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 […]

DowntownDC is now home to bright red priority bus lanes on H and I Streets NW as part of the city’s new pilot program designed to ease traffic congestion. “We […]

The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) this summer welcomes 28 new Safety/Hospitality and Maintenance (SAM) trainees to its dedicated fleet of red-and-black uniformed ambassadors. All 28 of the class members are residents of the District of Columbia.  Ten of the trainees were engaged through the […]

The DowntownDC Business Improvement District (BID) is partnering with several organizations to provide a series of free trainings for DowntownDC property managers, staff, safety and security personnel, tenants and residents as part of an ongoing […]