Portland Downtown Services Inc. (PDSI)
Helping our community by providing essential services for
Portland's downtown
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 Portland Downtown Services, Inc. (PDSI) is a private, nonprofit organization that contracts with the Portland Business Alliance to provide enhanced Clean & Safe services, marketing and economic development programs to downtown property owners. This organization was created with the formation of the Business Improvement District.
As part of PDSI's commitment to promoting a clean and safe urban center, downtown businesses fund these services through the Portland Business Alliance:
- Private security patrols
- Portland Police bike patrol officers
- Crime-prevention services
- Sidewalk cleaning
- Graffiti removal
- Sidewalk Ambassadors
- Market research
- Downtown retail and marketing
Downtown Portland's Business Improvement District (BID), one of the oldest, largest and most successful BIDs in the nation, encompasses a 213-block area of downtown Portland. Businesses within this elected to pay a fee to raise money that supplements publicly-financed services for neighborhood improvement. Portland's BID funds the Downtown Clean & Safe Program, which provides cleaning, security and community justice services downtown; the Downtown Retail and Marketing Program, which focuses on market research, retail advocacy, marketing and communication; and the Sidewalk Ambassador Program, which offers information and assistance to downtown visitors.
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