What is the Downtown Committee?• A private, not-for-profit, professional downtown

management organization• Represents all property owners and tenants

within the CBD• Undertakes programs to: • improve downtown’s image• strengthen its economic base• increase its attractiveness• assure that it’s clean, safe, and accessible

District BoundariesInterstate 690

Interstate 81

Adams Street

Onondaga Creek

Downtown Committee Programs

• Environmental Maintenance

• Security

• Parking & Access

• Economic Development

• Marketing & Communications

Downtown Committee on Social Media

@downtownSYR

/DowntownSyracuse

DowntownSyracuse

Why Tweet?

• $283 million in development taking place here

• 16 new businesses in the past year

• 45% increase in downtown’s population in last 10 years