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Aurora council reviews new Aurora Downtown District, its bylaws and SSA funding plan
Summary
City staff presented the Aurora Downtown District (ADD), a newly formed 501(c)(4) nonprofit to oversee downtown marketing and events with a remainder-of-year budget of $300,000 funded from SSA 1 tax dollars; the law department advised ADD is not subject to Illinois OMA/FOIA but the bylaws include transparency commitments; council directed staff to bring the agreement to city council on unfinished business with an added requirement for annual reporting.
City staff briefed the Committee of the Whole on May 5 about the Aurora Downtown District (ADD), a newly formed nonprofit created to manage downtown programming, marketing and events and to receive Special Service Area 1 (SSA 1) funds on behalf of downtown property owners.
Danielle Tufano, the city’s Downtown Economic Development Manager, told the council that ADD is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit and that an interim leadership committee — made up of downtown property owners and business representatives — had finalized bylaws, branding, a new website and hired an executive director. Tufano said the organization’s budget for the remainder…
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