| Downtown Springfield, Inc., a volunteer-driven,
not-for-profit organization formed in 1993, works to preserve,
promote and enhance Springfield’s historic central business
district. Its mission is to help make downtown Springfield
an ideal place to shop, work, visit, invest, and live.
To accomplish this mission, Downtown Springfield,
Inc., focuses on four primary strategies:
- To provide an interesting, exciting, and user-friendly
environment for tourists and visitors.
- To become the retail, service, and entertainment hub
for downtown employees, residents, and adjacent neighborhoods.
- To develop downtown as the dining, arts, and entertainment
hub for the city and surrounding region.
- To make downtown the location of choice for employers,
including large and small businesses, organizations, associations,
and state government offices.
Structure. Downtown Springfield,
Inc. is governed by a Board of Trustees,
which meets quarterly, and Board of Directors,
which meets monthly. Staff includes a full-time executive
director and promotion
& event director.
Downtown Springfield, Inc., is membership based,
funded primarily (87%) from private-sector investment and
corporate sponsorship. The remainder (13%) is from public
sector contracts, grants, and other sources.
The goals of the organization are accomplished
by volunteer councils working comprehensively in eight different
program areas:
Organization and council membership is open to
anyone with an interest in preservation-based downtown revitalization.
For more information or to receive a membership application,
call or write the Downtown Springfield office. |
