Downtown Alliance Builds on Successes
Partnership accelerates effort to stimulate downtown Highland Park.
Entering its fourth year, Highland Park’s Downtown Business Alliance, better known as the Alliance, is adjusting to navigate the economic downturn that began about the same time the group was founded. A partnership of the Downtown Property Owners Association, the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce and the city, the group was created in 2008 to stimulate commerce in the central business district. In its initial stages, the Alliance has concentrated on developing infrastructure while sponsoring some events to bring more business to town. Now it is hoping to turn the corner with the economy. “We were focused on the building-end of what we were trying to do,” said Sarah Weibenson, the group's executive director. “We did a lot of work …
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