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Programs & Projects

Downtown Vision is dedicated to serving our stakeholders, making Downtown cleaner, safer, friendlier and easier to get around, and bringing more people Downtown.  Our major programs and projects include the following:

Downtown Stakeholder Support

Downtown Vision provides support as needed to Downtown stakeholders, responding to hundreds of requests for advocacy, information and problem resolution assistance.  Downtown Vision has also implemented an electronic Stakeholder Support system, allowing for real time reporting, and the ability to follow through on the issue until resolution.  For more information on this system, visit Stakeholder Support.

Downtown Ambassadors

Our Downtown Ambassadors are paid and trained staff that serve as an extra set of eyes and ears to make Downtown more comfortable and friendly.  Ready to give directions, answer questions, provide assistance, or walk you to your destination, the Downtown Ambassadors are Jacksonville's Downtown hospitality team.   

The Ambassadors also provide clean and safe services.  The Ambassadors pressure wash and spot clean sidewalks, remove graffiti, pick up litter, and keep the streets clean.  Additionally, the Ambassadors have routine reporting channels with the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office.  Easily recognized by their orange shirts and pith helmets, the Downtown Ambassadors patrol the Downtown Improvement District seven days a week.

Information on Downtown

We have a wealth of information on Downtown on our website www.downtownjacksonville.org, as well as in our bi-weekly events email, Things to Do; our monthly email update, Downtown Jacksonville Update; and our timely Information and Safety Alert updates.  To subscribe to any of these e-newsletters, visit our Subscribe page.

You may also visit out Publications Archive for annual reports, past issues of the Downtown Jacksonville Updates, and State of Downtown Reports.

Events

We produce more than 76 events a year, including the First Wednesday Art Walk, the Friday Hemming Plaza Market, Eat Up Downtown, Off the Grid Lunch Breaks, the Downtown Historic Church Tour, Downtown Straight Up! Happy Hour, Movies in the Park at Treaty Oak, with Jax Parks, and events in The Core.

Parking and Transportation Services

Downtown Vision provides the public with information about parking and public transportation while coordinating with the city and other organizations to develop efficient access into and within Downtown for visitors, residents and employees.

Advocacy

Downtown Vision is a voice for Downtown stakeholders on issues of importance to the future Downtown Jacksonville.  Downtown Vision recently released its first advocacy position paper entitled Turning the Corner: Rethinking and Remaking Downtown. To learn more, please visit Downtown Vision's Advocacy page.

Downtown Action Plan

Downtown Vision works in partnership with the Jacksonville Economic Development Commission and other agencies to support the objectives outlined in the Downtown Action Plan.   

For more information on the Downtown Action Plan, click here.