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Downtown Reno Partnership outlines cleaning, outreach and safety work; reports measurable drops in BID crime and major clean‑up metrics
Summary
The Downtown Reno Partnership presented BID operations and outcomes — ambassadors, security augmentation, cleaning and outreach — reporting hundreds of thousands of pounds of trash removed, thousands of power washes and reduced crime metrics in the BID; DRP provided a 24/7 hotline for residents and described limits on expanding the BID footprint.
Neil Majardan, executive director of the Downtown Reno Partnership (DRP), briefed the board on the nonprofit business improvement district's (BID) work in central Reno. Majardan described DRP as a privately funded 501(c)(6) that augments city services with cleaning crews, hospitality ambassadors, outreach, security guards, marketing and economic development support for roughly 110 downtown blocks.
He highlighted operational outputs over the prior 12 months: DRP staff and contractors picked up about 307,000 pounds…
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