Cities

Corpus Christi Downtown Medical District

Corpus Christi, Texas

All ways clean. All ways safe.

The Corpus Christi Downtown Management District (DMD) strives to maintain the highest level of cleanliness and safety to create a welcoming environment for visitors and a vibrant location for businesses to thrive. In coordination with the Corpus Christi Police Department, we’re also vigilant in providing a safe District resulting in low incidences of crime and positive perceptions of safety. DMD has created a number of partnerships with City of Corpus Christi, private sector businesses and corporate anchors to create this safe environment.

DMD utilizes a eight-member, customer friendly Clean Team that works seven days a week picking up litter, removing graffiti, sweeping streets and sidewalks, and painting street fixtures. Additionally, each Clean Team member helps visitors with questions and directions.

DMD utilizes of pool of 18 bike patrol police officers who are certified tourism ambassadors and are paid to patrol the Greater Downtown area in their off-time. They act as a visible, customer-friendly police presence that can provide assistance to visitors, make arrests and address public safety issues.

 

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Services:

cleaning

landscaping

Number of Blocks 60 - Serving Since: 2017

Centro San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas

Since 1999, Centro has provided cleaning + hospitality services for the Public Improvement District (PID) in Downtown San Antonio. Our Ambassador team works 7 days a week, 365 days a year to create the cleanest and safest downtown in the US. As the organization and PID have grown, additional services have been added, increasing the beauty, cleanliness, safety, and prosperity of downtown.

Over the past ten years, the PID Ambassador team has grown from 54 to 92. Additional services including the Quality-of-Life Team, disinfecting high touch infrastructure, power washing pavement and bus stops, street vacuums, bird abatement, and landscaping have been added.

CLEANING & MAINTENANCE

Our Clean Team continues to adapt to the public health needs of our community to ensure cleaner and safer high-touch areas while delivering 100% of our legacy services.

SAFETY 

For decades, our Ambassadors have served as friendly faces and “eyes on the street” for locals and visitors. In recent years, our commitment to safety led to expanded contracts with Downtown Bike Patrol and the creation of our Quality of Life Team. We also work closely with City and County partners and advocate for funding and resources to ensure that there is necessary law enforcement presence and coverage to ensure the safety of the neighborhood.

HOSPITALITY

Our Hospitality Ambassadors are knowledgeable of downtown history, attractions, amenities, and geography and can provide information, directions, and general assistance to pedestrians that they encounter downtown.

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Services:

hospitality

safety

cleaning

outreach

landscaping

parks

placemaking

Number of Blocks 132 - Serving Since: 2009

Nashville Downtown Partnership

Nashville, Tennessee

The Downtown Clean & Safe Team

Keeping downtown Nashville clean and safe for employees, residents and visitors is the primary focus of our Ambassadors.

Carrying out services that supplement those of the Metro government, this team improves the appearance of downtown streets and sidewalks, elevates the sense of security, and helps create an attractive and welcoming downtown environment.

On foot or Segways, the safety ambassadors keep an eye out for situations requiring police or emergency services and quickly communicate with the appropriate dispatchers.

HOURS OF SERVICE

  • Clean Team:
    • 5:00 am – 10:30 pm daily in the central district
    • 6:30 am – 3:30 pm daily in The Gulch district
  • Safety Ambassadors:
    • 6:00 am – 10:30 pm daily in the CBID & GBID

To report cleanliness or safety issues or request services from the Downtown Ambassadors, please contact our Clean & Safe Office:

P: (615) 242-9909

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Services:

safety

cleaning

outreach

landscaping

parks

Number of Blocks 253 - Serving Since: 2002

Memphis Medical District Collaborative

Memphis, Tennessee

Clean & Safe Streets

Litter, graffiti, and crime – or the perception of crime –  deters pedestrian activity, economic vibrancy, and investments. This is why MMDC and its partners prioritize keeping the District clean and safe for every worker, resident, and visitor.  MMDC deploys a range of tactics including our Ambassador Team; coordination with existing security and law enforcement agencies; graffiti and litter removal; and landscape enhancements to make sure the District is safe and inviting for everyone.

MMDC’s Ambassador Program

The 10 Memphis Medical District Ambassadors focus on keeping the District clean and inviting.  They are approachable and welcoming for visitors, employees, students and residents.  Ambassadors can help with directions or offer suggestions for places to eat and visit in the District.  They also ensure that the District is free of weeds, litter, and graffiti.

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Services:

hospitality

cleaning

Number of Blocks 50 - Serving Since: 2016

Myrtle Beach Downtown Association

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

The highly visible, trained, and friendly Myrtle Beach Gold Cap Ambassadors are part of a cooperative effort to enhance and promote Downtown Myrtle Beach as a unique, authentic, and vibrant downtown experience. Our ambassadors provide guests with information and directions to area businesses and attractions, have the ability to communicate with the Myrtle Beach Police Department, and facilitate area improvements through communication and contacts.

All of our Gold Cap Ambassadors are radio equipped and can be dispatched for a variety of services. They patrol throughout the 40-block Downtown Area and are easy to spot with their gold shirts adorned with the MBDA logo and their warm, welcoming smiles.

Importantly, Gold Caps provide supplemental cleaning and hospitality services intended to complement rather than supplant regular maintenance services provided by the City of Myrtle Beach.

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Services:

hospitality

cleaning

Number of Blocks 40 - Serving Since: 2020

City Center Partnership (Columbia)

Columbia, South Carolina

So who are those knowledgeable, helpful folks in the yellow shirts riding and walking around downtown Columbia? They’re the Main Street District’s Clean and Safe Ambassadors, but many people just know them as the “Yellow Shirt Ambassadors.”

 

Many folks have seen them at big events like Soda City Market or one of our many festivals, but the ambassadors’ visibility is much larger. They operate seven days a week from 7 AM to 11:30 PM and cover the Main Street District jurisdiction (36-block area bound by Assembly, Marion, Gervais and Elmwood), plus both sides of Elmwood Avenue from Bull Street to Lincoln Street.

 

The Yellow Shirt Ambassadors have been operating within the Main Street District since 2002, providing cleaning services and public safety information. From removing litter and graffiti to maintaining contact with businesses and residents, and even shuttling people to their destination, the Yellow Shirt Ambassadors are here to help. They also remain in contact with CPD when needed.

 

To get in touch with the Yellow Shirt Ambassadors, call their customer service line at 803-587-7831, or find them in their bright yellow shirts along the street.

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Services:

safety

cleaning

outreach

landscaping

Number of Blocks 36 - Serving Since: 2002

Providence Downtown Improvement District

Providence, Rhode Island

Since 2005, the Providence Downtown Improvement District (DID) has had a visible presence downtown, working side-by-side with community partners.

Clean Streets for Everyone

The DID Clean Team is on litter patrol every day! You’ll find team members wearing bright yellow uniforms, sweeping the sidewalks and collecting trash throughout the downtown district. They collect an average of nearly 50,000 lbs. of trash each month!

Clean Team members also powerwash sidewalks, remove stickers from street signs and poles, and do touch-up painting of street furniture. In the summer months they do graffiti removal, and in the winter they shovel snow from sidewalk curb cuts. Keeping downtown clean and attractive is a top priority.

Keeping Downtown Safe

DID safety guides work closely with the Providence Police Department and other members of the community to keep downtown safe and welcoming. Every day, they patrol the district on foot, on bike, and on segway, providing extra eyes and ears on the street.

Landscaping

Since 2007, the DID has managed the seasonal downtown planting program, to great acclaim. Starting with 94 hanging baskets and a few planting areas, the program has expanded to now include 292 hanging baskets, 90 large-scale sidewalk planters, and 8 ground-level planting areas.

The gorgeous flowers add a pop of color downtown, and as visitors frequently comment, the city has never looked better!

 

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Services:

safety

cleaning

landscaping

Number of Blocks 87 - Serving Since: 2005

Sports Complex Special Services District

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Sports Complex Special Services District, or SCSSD for short, is non-profit corporation that serves approximately 9,000 residents living in 4,100 households surrounding the Sports Complex venues in South Philadelphia. SCSSD is engaged in a mission to: protect community interests, improve neighborhood quality of life and promote efficient operation of adjacent sports venues.

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Services:

cleaning

placemaking

Number of Blocks 91 - Serving Since: 2012

Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership/Golden Triangle

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Block by Block is responsible for the daily management and staffing of the Clean and Outreach Team. The staff is comprised of two Street Team Ambassadors and 21 Clean Team Ambassadors. The Clean Team Ambassadors are responsible for creating a clean and presentable environment in Downtown Pittsburgh that serves the residential and professional communities, while also creating an inviting and welcoming atmosphere for those seeking a family-friendly fun time. Clean Team Ambassadors are responsible for keeping downtown free of litter, weeds, and graffiti as well as carrying out tasks that improve the long-term appearance in downtown. The Street Team Ambassadors aid in the safety of those who live, work and play in Downtown Pittsburgh. Their primary responsibility is directly engaging the unhoused and unsheltered population to provide available resources to assist them in improving the quality of their lives and restoring the quality of their standard of living that should be afforded to us all.

 

The Golden Triangle Ambassadors are the hospitality arm of the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership.

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Services:

cleaning

outreach

parks

placemaking

Number of Blocks 88 - Serving Since: 2006

Oakland BID (Pittsburgh)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Oakland Business Improvement District contracts Block By Block, a nationally recognized maintenance contractor, to provide sidewalk cleaning services for the District. A crew of ambassadors works seven days per week to ensure that the commercial corridor – over 4 miles of sidewalks – remains free of litter and debris. We remove more than 5 tons of trash, 220,000 cigarette butts, and over 2,000 pizza boxes annually!

Of course, litter removal is just the first step in creating an attractive streetscape. Our crew also removes weeds, graffiti, illegal flyers, stickers and staples from our infrastructure. During the fall season, the crew also ensures that the leaf buildup is removed along with the typical litter and debris, and in the winter, we keep the ADA ramps clear of snow and ice. The crew also uses a hot-water pressure washer to remove gum, grease, dirt and grime from all of our district’s sidewalks–on average over 70 storefronts (of which 40% get repeat washing).

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Services:

cleaning

Number of Blocks 20 - Serving Since: 2010

Greater Easton Dev. Partnership

Easton, Pennsylvania

Since the inception of the program in Spring 2008, thanks in large part to private contributions, the Ambassadors have provided assistance to business owners, residents and visitors by helping to improve the cleanliness and safety of the downtown. Administered by Block-by-Block, they work hard to make Easton a welcoming destination and improve the quality of life for existing businesses and residents. They can be seen in any weather, from early morning until late at night, sprucing up, removing graffiti, providing directional assistance, planting and watering, mulching, or shoveling snow in winter. They play a crucial role in the future economic development of Easton’s downtown.

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Services:

hospitality

safety

cleaning

Number of Blocks 20 - Serving Since: 2008

Diamond City Partnership (Wilkes-Barre)

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

DCP’s Downtown Ambassador Team provides on-street services throughout the Downtown Wilkes-Barre Business Improvement District. Five days a week, our three-person team removes trash, graffiti, and stickers; maintains pet waste stations; removes snow and ice from sidewalk ramps, maintains more than 186 seasonal hanging flower baskets and a dozen large self-watering sidewalk planters, and provides directions and assistance to visitors.

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Services:

cleaning

Number of Blocks 21 - Serving Since: 2013

Bethlehem Economic Dev. Corp. (BEDCO)

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Look for their signature gold and blue uniforms and come say hello to the SouthSide Ambassadors. Here in South Bethlehem, our Ambassadors pick up litter, remove graffiti, empty trash receptacles and remove weeds to keep the downtown clean. Safety patrols work directly with the local police to serve as a highly visible presence throughout strategic areas of the district. All of our SouthSide Ambassadors provide energetic and personal hospitality to visitors with friendly greetings, directions, recommendations and assistance.

The Ambassadors program is administered by BEDCO, managed by Block by Block, and launched in partnership with Lehigh University in 2014.  Lehigh University provides most of the funding for the program and other funders include CADCB, Northampton County, and Sycamore Hill Farm Development.

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Services:

safety

cleaning

Number of Blocks 18 - Serving Since: 2014

The University of Akron

Akron, Ohio

We know a prestigious university like The University of Akron requires a high-level of quality cleaning, safety and hospitality services, so we put special care into keeping the campus vibrant and welcoming for staff and students.

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Services:

hospitality

safety

Number of Blocks 82 - Serving Since: 2014

Town Center at Levis Commons

Perrysburg, Ohio

In Northwest Ohio’s premier shopping destination, Block by Block maintains the common areas and provides a safety and hospitality patrol.

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Services:

safety

cleaning

Number of Blocks 8 - Serving Since: 2018

Downtown Toledo BID

Toledo, Ohio

The Downtown Toledo Ambassadors are a service of ConnecToledo, Downtown Development Corporation and the Downtown Toledo Improvement District.  They work 7 days a week and help keep the public spaces clean and orderly; provide hospitality services such as directions, flat tire changes and event management; and work with property owners/businesses/Toledo Police on safety issues.  They’re here to serve you… always with a smile!

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Services:

hospitality

safety

cleaning

placemaking

Number of Blocks 48 - Serving Since: 2006

Downtown Dayton Partnership

Dayton, Ohio

The Downtown Ambassadors are on the streets year-round, making your downtown a cleaner and safer place to be. The ambassadors are easy to spot, wearing bright “safety green” shirts in warm weather and bright blue jackets in inclement weather.

Ambassador duties include picking up litter, power-washing sidewalks and removing graffiti. They also patrol on bicycles and on foot, serving as extra eyes and ears for the Dayton Police Department. Most importantly, they serve as goodwill ambassadors providing assistance to downtown visitors, workers and residents.

If you have comments about the ambassador program you would like to share, please contact us. If you need to contact the ambassadors directly, they can be reached at (937) 224-4DDP.

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Services:

safety

cleaning

Number of Blocks 88 - Serving Since: 2005

Downtown Cleveland Alliance

Cleveland, Ohio

Downtown Cleveland, Inc. is focused on maintaining an environment of wellbeing for everyone in the Downtown Cleveland area including residents, visitors, employees, and disadvantaged individuals. We accomplish this mission through our team of dedicated clean and safe ambassadors.  Ambassadors can be spotted in bright blue and yellow uniforms walking and biking throughout downtown enhancing the pedestrian experience through a variety of services.

We deploy ambassadors for over 110,000 hours annually to ensure the pedestrian experience in the city’s core is clean, safe, and welcoming for everyone.

Our Clean and Safe Team is constantly improving the Downtown area by disposing of litter, sanitizing public touch points, removing graffiti, providing safety escorts, offering motor vehicle assistance, increasing uniformed visibility, and ensuring the welfare of the unsheltered population. While we believe there is no single fix for the complex issues surrounding homelessness and mental health, our goal is to address the problem in a comprehensive manner through various initiatives.

Call Us When You Need:

  • Directions or Recommendations on Anything Downtown
  • Safety Escorts to Your Destination
  • Assistance With Flat Tires, Car Lockouts, and Jumpstarts
  • To Report Instances of Trash and Graffiti
  • To Report Suspicious Activity
  • Mental Wellness Response / Services

Clean

Clean ambassadors are assigned specific routes to pick up trash, debris, remove graffiti, and generally ensure a clean environment while monitoring pedestrian activity in the downtown geographic area.

Safe

Safety ambassadors are assigned to specific routes to interact with business operators, employees, and residents to gain information on safety concerns. Safety ambassadors communicate closely with local law enforcement while being a resource to clean ambassadors.

Welcoming

Hospitality ambassadors are staged throughout downtown as additional mobile concierge. Look for them with the welcome flags, mobile valet stand, and friendly personalities.

 

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Services:

safety

cleaning

outreach

landscaping

parks

placemaking

Number of Blocks 65 - Serving Since: 2006

Downtown Akron Partnership

Akron, Ohio

A team of ambassadors works seven days a week to ensure a clean, safe and welcoming environment by providing safety escorts and other services to make downtown enjoyable for everyone. The ambassador program began in 2009 as a way to further Downtown Akron Partnership’s mission.

Ambassador hours of operation—now seven days a week through support from Akron Civic Commons

For ambassador services or to report a problem, call the on-duty ambassador during hours of operation at 330-706-7383. Monday – Saturday: 7 a.m. – 11 p.m. | Sunday: 7 a.m. – 8 p.m.

Ambassadors will be available for limited services on December 24 and December 31: Expect a slight delay if calling for vehicle lockout or jumpstart. Ambassadors will not be available on December 25 and January 1.

For non-emergency issues outside of ambassador operating hours, use the Akron Police Department’s non-emergency numbers, 330-375-2181 or 330-375-2101. For any emergency at any time, call 911.

Safety Ambassadors

• Provide escorts to and from businesses and parking locations
• Report on potential and actual emergencies
• Work with street-level businesses to address security/safety concerns
• Work to connect people in need of assistance to available service agencies

Cleaning Ambassadors

• Provide cleaning services to downtown sidewalks
• Remove litter and graffiti
• Identify and complete special projects
• Maintain downtown planters and hanging baskets

All Ambassadors

• Provide information and directions to visitors
• Perform walking and biking patrols throughout the service area
• Jump car batteries and unlock car doors for stranded motorists

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Services:

safety

cleaning

Number of Blocks 44 - Serving Since: 2008

Downtown Fargo BID

Fargo, North Dakota

Downtown Fargo Ambassadors work to improve, promote, and enhance the overall attractiveness and downtown appeal by providing hospitality, safety, and maintenance services for Downtown Fargo’s Business Improvement District (BID). A few specific duties include: litter control, weed abatement, graffiti removal, visibility and presence patrols, personal safety escorts, homeless outreach, and providing general hospitality services for all visitors, workers, business owners, and residents of Downtown Fargo. The BID program is the first of its kind in North Dakota; its primary goal is to make Downtown Fargo the “Coolest Place on Earth!”

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Services:

safety

cleaning

Number of Blocks 20 - Serving Since: 2016

Hillsborough Street Community Service Corporation

Raleigh, North Carolina

The primary mission of the Clean and Safe Program is to ensure Hillsborough Street remains a safe, clean, welcoming and attractive environment for everyone who visits our community.

The Hillsborough Street Ambassadors walk the street seven days a week and during special events to engage and assist visitors, keep the street clean, and keep an eye out for safety issues. With their tan pants and bright red shirts reading “AMBASSADOR” across the back they are easy to recognize. Our Ambassadors assist visitors with directions, parking and mass transit information, restaurant information, emergency assistance and generally are a welcoming greeter to everyone visiting our street. Feel free to approach them with your questions and they will be more than happy to assist.

Our Ambassadors are always looking for things that need to be fixed, such as broken trash cans, damaged or missing signs, burned out street lights or missing bricks or pedestrian hazards. The Ambassadors do minor repairs themselves and other times we contract for the repairs from professionals. Ambassadors use “See Click Fix” to report major issues to the City of Raleigh for repair and maintenance. The Ambassadors job is to help us maintain the investment value of the street.

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Services:

safety

cleaning

outreach

Number of Blocks 55 - Serving Since: 2013

Wilmington Downtown, Inc.

Wilmington, North Carolina

Ambassador Program

Downtown Ambassadors offer a range of services to the community, including business owners, residents, and visitors within the boundaries of the MSD. Our services include:

  • Graffiti Removal
  • Pressure Washing
  • Litter Removal
  • Biohazard Removal
  • Safety Escorts
  • Hospitality Assistance
  • Business Contacts
  • Street Light Outage Reporting
  • Street Outreach – Connecting the Unhoused to Services

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Services:

hospitality

cleaning

outreach

landscaping

Number of Blocks 70 - Serving Since: 2020

Charlotte Center City Partners

Charlotte, North Carolina

The Center City Ambassadors serve as the front line of service continuing to engage our diverse stakeholders ranging from business owners to visitors to individuals in crisis.

It is our goal that Center City is a welcoming, safe and highly serviced place for our residents, employees and guests. The Ambassador Program is part of achieving that goal. Ambassadors act as facilitators, expeditors and multipliers, connecting those in need with the specialists who can help.

The Center City Ambassador program focuses on three major areas. The first is creating an atmosphere of safety by serving as an extra pair of eyes and ears through our collaboration with CMPD. Next, they provide a high degree of hospitality by assisting Uptown workers, visitors and business owners. And finally, they conduct outreach to our homeless neighbors and individuals in crisis by connecting them with social services.

Look for the Ambassadors throughout Center City, easily identifiable in their bright orange uniforms, stop by the Ambassador info cart when it’s deployed in Uptown, or visit their street-level offices at 201 S. Tryon St.

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Services:

hospitality

outreach

Number of Blocks 150 - Serving Since: 2008

Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID

Brooklyn, New York

Three Block by Block Ambassadors work seven days a week to ensure that this mixed use dynamic neighborhood in the center of Brooklyn.

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Services:

cleaning

Number of Blocks 31 - Serving Since: 2017

Montague Street BID

New York, New York

Since July 2012, Block by Block has provided sanitation, maintenance and graffiti-removal services to the three-block historic Montague Street Business Improvement District in Brooklyn Heights, NY.

Block by Block helps the Montague Street BID live out its mission of improving all aspects of the district, from beautifying the public area to supporting local and national retailers. We’re committed to helping make Montague Street a great place to work, live, and shop.

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Services:

cleaning

Number of Blocks 6 - Serving Since: 2012

Bed-Stuy Gateway BID

Brooklyn, New York

The Bed-Stuy Gateway is home to 400 businesses contained within nearly 500,000 square feet of retail space. The primary commercial district for Central Brooklyn, the Gateway’s identity is uniquely punctuated with African American, African, and Caribbean influences.

A ten minute walk for over 80,000 residents and twenty minutes from Manhattan by subway, Bed-Stuy Gateway is one of Brooklyn’s most prominent commercial and cultural focal points.

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Services:

cleaning

Number of Blocks 28 - Serving Since: 2013

Bay Ridge 5th Ave BID

Brooklyn, New York

Providing supplemental cleaning for over 20 blocks of Bay Ridge 5th Ave Business Improvement District, which serves 5th avenue, between 65th and 85th streets in Brooklyn, NY. Includes 7 days a week of sidewalk and gutter sweeping, seasonal snow removal, graffiti removal, sidewalk and tree bed de-weeding.

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Services:

cleaning

Number of Blocks 20 - Serving Since: 2020

City of Albuquerque

Albuquerque, New Mexico

This program has been in Albuquerque since 2006, originally as part of the Downtown Action Team. Ambassadors provide cleanliness, hospitality, and outreach. They are available to answer the public’s questions and develop relationships with businesses to help curb crime and keep an extra set of eyes in the community.

City Solid Waste (Albuquerque) Program staffs approximately eight ambassadors and an operations manager. Ambassadors carry out duties, which address basic cleanliness issues, such as litter, graffiti, weeds, leaves, power washing and a wide variety of projects which change the outward environment of downtown Albuquerque. Safety Ambassadors patrol downtown two nights a week on foot as a visible deterrent to unwanted activity, observing, reporting and provide hospitality to the pedestrians visiting the area. All staff members are trained to be Ambassadors of downtown and are empowered to go out of their way to provide great service in an effort to shape positive perceptions of downtown.

 

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Services:

hospitality

cleaning

Number of Blocks 86 - Serving Since: 2015

Camden Special Services District

Camden, New Jersey

Downtown Camden City is amid a momentous transformation, and the CSSD works tirelessly to present the city’s best face to its business community, residents, students, and visitors. The nonprofit began providing Clean and Safe services in downtown Camden more than a decade ago and since then the program has grown into a far-reaching improvement mechanism that enhances the downtown, waterfront, a variety of parks and neighborhoods, commercial and gateway corridors, and beyond.

Whether tasked with removing trash and debris, cleaning away graffiti and handbills, or providing landscape maintenance, the CSSD keeps the city bright, tidy, and attractive. Noted and nicknamed for their yellow jackets, its friendly Ambassadors, all Camden residents, are a wealth of information about the city and are the front-line hospitality resource for all kinds of public assistance and guidance.

Services:

  • Trash and Debris Removal
  • Graffiti, Handbill, Signage and Gum Removal
  • Power Washing
  • Leaf Removal and Snow Removal (limited)
  • Landscape Maintenance
  • Hospitality
  • Event Support

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Services:

cleaning

landscaping

parks

Number of Blocks 87 - Serving Since: 2012

The District – Downtown Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

Block by Block employees work, no matter the season or weather, to ensure The District of Downtown Columbia is clean and welcoming to its visitors by doing all sorts of things that individuals like you and me may take for granted.  While there’s no cheese display to organize, the District Ambassadors of Block by Block are steadily laboring behind the scenes, in plain sight, by keeping the safety and sanitation of downtown a priority.  These Ambassadors remove graffiti from signs and buildings, sweep and power-wash sidewalks, dispose of trash from the various cans around The District, collect and recycle cigarette butts, track broken curbs, overflowing compactors, and any street or alleyway lights whose helpful illumination is found temporarily absent, and report these and other needed repairs to the City for restoration.

That’s not all.  District Ambassadors give directions, help connect people with resources, and regularly act as an initial point of contact for folks experiencing crisis.

The next time you visit The District, see if you can spot them in their distinctive ambassador jackets and hats, and maybe wonder over to share a simple word of appreciation for the essential work they do to keep Columbia’s downtown district a great experience year-round.

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Services:

cleaning

Number of Blocks 24 - Serving Since: 2015