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Keeping Downtown Vibrant
Keeping Downtown Safe & Accessible
Downtown
is Blooming
The Work We Do
Public Safety & Hospitality
Hospitality means something a bit different for Business Improvement Districts. In our case, it’s the goal of being hospitable through services offered by our Downtown Baltimore Guides (DBGs), our homeless outreach services, and integrated security services throughout Downtown.
Learn MoreBeautification
DPOB's Clean Street Ambassadors and Park Stewards work seven days a week maintaining infrastructure and public parks, providing landscaping services, and assisting with snow response. Through our partnership with DPW they also, collect trash, clean alleyways, sweep streets, and remove graffiti from businesses and historic facades.
Learn MoreEconomic Development and Advocacy
We work with government agencies, developers, property managers, architects, neighborhood groups, and residents to bring the best urban design and planning practices to the Downtown core. At the end of the day, we all have the same goal of encouraging safety, sustainability, and equity to create a vibrant, welcoming urban center.
Learn MoreMembership and Networking
There's always a lot happening in Downtown, and membership with Downtown Partnership provides the tools to help you stay connected to the latest trends, news, and events. Currently, More than 650 companies from around the region —ranging from Downtown’s largest businesses and institutions to small entrepreneurial firms—are members of DPOB.
Learn MoreMarketing and Promotions
DPOB operates an extensive marketing program to create and sustain public interest in Downtown. In 2021 this plan is expanding as a result of a new, company-wide strategic plan.
Learn MoreEvents
DPOB organizes dozens of free and paid events each year to activate Downtown neighborhoods and strengthen the community. You may know us for Downtown's Annual Monument Lighting in Mount Vernon, WTMD's First Thursday Concerts, or Dollar or Less Days...but DPOB is so much more than that.
Explore Our Events
Upcoming Events
Don't have lunch at your desk! Pratt Street Market, presented by PNC Bank returns to Pratt & Light Streets every Thursday, May-October, 2025.
June 19 @ 11:00 am More Info
Join us for a full day of powerful performances, inspiring conversations, interactive art, delicious food, and joyful experiences rooted in the richness of African American culture.
June 19 @ 11:00 am More Info
Join me on Wednesday, June 19th from 6PM–11PM for the first rooftop party of the season—a bold, beautiful Juneteenth celebration under the open sky, high above the streets of downtown Baltimore.
June 19 @ 6:00 pm More Info
Harbor Splash is an organized jump into the Baltimore Harbor on June 21, 2025, at Bond Street Wharf in Fells Point.
June 21 More Info
Meet us at AFRAM—one of the largest African American festivals on the East Coast! Hosted in Baltimore City’s Druid Hill Park, this 745-acre urban oasis draws crowds of over 150,000 each day of the festival. For two days, people from all walks of life come together to enjoy national entertainment, local eats, and much more.
June 21 More Info
Join us on Sunday, June 22nd at The Center Club in Baltimore for Taste for Life - as we raise a glass and rally together to end cancer as we know it, for everyone.
June 22 @ 1:00 pm More Info
