Why Downtown Organizations Are Important and Worth Supporting 1. Serve as advocates for downtown. You're the only organization, public or private, that wakes up every day worrying about downtown and thinking about how to make it better. 2. You can ensure that good public policy is developed for downtown, and that the City considers the needs of downtown when making policy. 3. You generate enthusiasm and a sense of connectedness. 4. You are a great source of business-to-business opportunities. 5. You can complement the work of the Chamber, and you are not in conflict with it, nor are you duplicative. Your mission is more focused and different, and both organizations can make each other stronger, even though there will be significant overlap in membership. 6. You are uniquely positioned to make connections among seemingly disconnected individuals or businesses or groups. 7. Downtown is everybody's neighborhood, and you are everybody's neighborhood association. Characteristics of the Most Successful Downtown Partnerships 1. They stress the word Partnership in everything they do. 2. They establish and maintain a strong working relationship in support of the underlying City government. 3. They constantly seek ways to stay relevant, useful, and interesting to their members and to those they want to have as members. 4. They provide LEADERSHIP. CREDIT: Don Shea
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