Downtown Memphis

About

Advancing Downtown for the betterment of Memphis and Shelby County.

Story

The Downtown Memphis Commission (DMC), formerly known as the Center City Commission, is the organization charged with advancing Memphis and Shelby County by making Downtown Memphis a better place to work, live, learn, invest and visit. The DMC is an independent development agency that is not funded by City or County taxes. The DMC is primarily funded by a special assessment on commercial properties in the Central Business Improvement District (CBID), the area referred to as Downtown Memphis, and fees paid by private Downtown developers. All of Memphis and Shelby County benefit from the work done by the DMC, but citizens and property owners outside of Downtown do not contribute to the DMC's operations or incentives.

The DMC's aim is to attract more people to Memphis and Shelby County with a vibrant Downtown that is densely populated, authentic, mixed-use, walkable, clean, safe and fun. The City of Memphis and Shelby County governments established the Downtown Memphis Commission to capitalize on Downtown's role as the economic, cultural, and governmental heart of the city and county. The DMC is the official partnership between local government and the private business community in Downtown's development.

Mission

About Downtown Memphis Commission
The Downtown Memphis Commission (DMC) drives Downtown's role as the economic, cultural, and governmental core of the city and county.

The DMC is solely funded by an assessment on commercial property in the Central Business Improvement District (CBID), which is reinvested into funding incentives and activations designed to support growth of both Downtown’s population and appraised commercial property values.

Through our investment in Downtown development, infrastructure, vibrancy and activation, we are creating a stronger Downtown Memphis—a Downtown for everyone.

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Products

Development and Business Incentive Programs
Clean, Green and Safe Programs
Event Facilitation and Planning
Urban Planning / Strategic City Planning
Downtown Advocacy
Community Building