Off the news: Downtown improvement plan unveiled

Jan 22, 2025

Proponents of forming a Downtown Business Improvement District (DBID) to make the area “clean and safe” — and attractive to residents and shoppers — took their concept public last week. The presentation drew a full house of 200 at the Laniakea YWCA on Richards Street, one border of the proposed district, along with South Beretania Street, Nuuanu Avenue and Ala Moana Boulevard.