About the International Downtown Association
Founded in 1954, the International Downtown Association (IDA) connects diverse practitioners who transform cities into healthy and vibrant urban places. Representing more than 3,000 practitioners across 500 organizations worldwide, from cities and towns both small and large, IDA provides the critical tools and resources to help make every downtown a healthy and dynamic heart of its community. As expectations grow for downtown practitioners to transform their cities into hubs of economic and cultural vibrancy, IDA is the organization professionals turn to for the industry’s best networking, educational, and professional development opportunities.

About the Center City District
The Center City District (CCD) is a $20 million, private-sector sponsored business improvement district authorized under the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Municipality Authorities Act. Covering 233 blocks in the heart of downtown Philadelphia, the CCD helps create a clean, safe, attractive, and well managed public environment in order to support business and economic development in Center City Philadelphia. In addition to public space management and services, the CCD also conducts extensive public policy and market research.

This study was made possible through generous contributions from individual business improvement districts to the International Downtown Association. These organizations include:

• Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority – Ann Arbor, MI
• Central Atlanta Progress, Inc. / Atlanta DID, Inc. – Atlanta, GA
• Central Houston, Inc. – Houston, TX
• Downtown Alliance San Antonio – San Antonio, TX
• Downtown Arlington Management Corporation – Arlington, TX
• Downtown Austin Alliance – Austin, TX
• Downtown Cleveland Alliance – Cleveland, OH
• Downtown Cincinnati, Inc. – Cincinnati, OH
• Downtown Council of Kansas City – Kansas City, MO
• Downtown Dallas, Inc. – Dallas, TX
• Downtown DC BID Corporation – Washington, DC
• Downtown Denver Partnership – Denver, CO
• Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Inc. – Baltimore, MD
• Downtown Seattle Association – Seattle, WA
• Grand Central Partnership – New York, NY
• Indianapolis Downtown, Inc. – Indianapolis, IN
• Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21 – Milwaukee, WI
• Nashville Downtown Partnership – Nashville, TN
• Orlando Downtown Development Board – Orlando, FL
• The Partnership for Downtown St. Louis – St. Louis, MO
• Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership – Pittsburgh, PA
• Times Square Alliance – New York, NY
• Wichita Downtown Development Corporation – Wichita, KS

Other individuals and downtown organizations from around the country provided invaluable insight into the geographic definitions of their downtowns. These organizations and individuals include:

• Bellevue Downtown Association – Bellevue, WA
• Buffalo Place, Inc. – Buffalo, NY
• Capital Crossroads and Discovery District SIDs – Columbus, OH
• Charlotte Center City Partners – Charlotte, NC
• Chicago Loop Alliance – Chicago, IL
• Downtown Alliance – Salt Lake City, UT
• Downtown Center Business Improvement District – Los Angeles, CA
• Downtown Columbus – Columbus, OH
• Downtown Committee of Syracuse, Inc. – Syracuse, NY
• Downtown Fort Worth, Inc. – Fort Worth, TX
• Downtown Fresno Partnership – Fresno, CA
• Downtown Memphis Commission – Memphis, TN
• Downtown Omaha – Omaha, NE
• Downtown Raleigh Alliance – Raleigh, NC
• The Downtown Sacramento Partnership – Sacramento, CA
• Downtown Tempe Community – Tempe, AZ
• East Midtown Partnership – New York, NY
• Green Building Alliance – Pittsburgh, PA
• Miami Downtown Development Authority – Miami, FL
• Rogers Park Business Alliance – Chicago, IL
• San Jose Downtown Association – San Jose, CA
• University City District – Philadelphia, PA
• Urban Districts Alliance – Springfield, MO
• Waikiki Business Improvement District Association – Honolulu, HI
• Seth A. Grossman, PhD, Rutgers University – Newark, NJ
• Brian Douglas Scott, BDS Planning & Urban Design – Seattle, WA
• Brad Segal, Progressive Urban Management Associates – Denver, CO

The International Downtown Association and the Center City District thank the Penn Institute for Urban Research for their generous contribution to printing costs for Downtown Rebirth.