Public Improvement Districts
The Fort Worth Public Improvement District (PID #1), founded by DFWI in 1986. The PID offers a comprehensive program of services including maintenance and landscaping, security enhancements, market research, public space management, communications and marketing, transportation solutions, hospitality, and planning.

Property owners within the 543-acre area pay a special assessment above their regular property taxes for a coordinated program of services. The assessment is collected by Tarrant County and transferred to the City of Fort Worth. The City contracts with DFWI to provide and manage the enhanced services in Downtown.
What does the PID Program do?
The short answer? A lot.
- Public Space Management
- Maintenance and Landscaping
- Beautification
- Bird Abatement
- Ambassador Program
- Security Enhancement
- Downtown Promotion
- Quality Development Advocacy
- Marketing and Communications
- Research
- Transportation and Planning
Have a question? We would like to hear from you, please contact:
Matt Beard
Director of Public Improvements
matt@dfwi.org
817-870-1692
777 Taylor Street #100
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Lacey Ruiz
PID Administrator,
Economic Development Department
1150 South Freeway, Fort Worth, TX 76104
817-392-2608
Download a copy of our recent PID Newsletter here. Previous PID Newsletters can be found at the bottom of this page.
PID #1 Information
Visit our Events page to see what is happening in the District.
View the City of Fort Worth Resolution re-establishing PID #1 here.
View the City of Fort Worth Assessment Ordinance here.
PID #1 2022 Advisory Committee Meetings
Wednesday, October 11, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.
Click here for meeting agenda.
Download the PID #1 FY 2023 Budget & Five-Year Service & Assessment Plan here.
Fiscal Year 2023 assessment rate for PID 1 is $0.13 per $100 of property value.
PID #1 Meeting Minutes
October 19, 2022
July 27, 2022
January 12, 2022
November 10, 2021
July 28, 2021
PID #1 Advisory Committee
Larry Auth - Omni Hotel (Chair)
Laura Bird - Anthracite Realty Partners
Johnny Campbell - City Center Fort Worth
Gary Cumbie -The Cumbie Consultancy
Carlos De La Torre - Fort Worth Downtown Neighborhood Alliance
Jennifer Eslinger - Burnett Plaza
Amber Finley - Finley Resources Inc.
Drew Hayden - The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel
Marie Holliday, DMD - Flowers to Go in Sundance Square
Ashlee Johnson - Ron Investments, Ltd
Whit Kelly - 777 Main
Ed Kraus - Sundance Square
Walter Littlejohn - The Fort Worth Club
Michelle Lynn - Building Owners & Managers Association
Renee Massey - Red Oak Realty
Mark Michalski – Kimpton Harper Hotel
Don Perfect - ONCOR
Carissa Taylor - AC Hotel Fort Worth
Jed Wagenknecht - Courtyard Fort Worth Downtown/Blackstone
Public Improvement District #14

PID #14 2022 Advisory Committee Meetings
Thursday, October 12, 2023, at 10:00 a.m.
Click here for meeting agenda.
Advisory Committee Meetings will be held at the DFWI office unless otherwise noted:
777 Taylor Street, Suite 100
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Download the PID #14 FY 2023 Budget & Five-Year Service & Assessment Plan here.
View the City of Fort Worth Assessment Ordinance here.
Fiscal Year 2023 assessment rate for PID 14 is $0.10 per $100 of property value.
PID #14 Meeting Minutes
November 3, 2022
July 28, 2022
April 14, 2022
February 2, 2022
July 28, 2021
PID #14 Advisory Committee
Kent Bogle - Villa de Leon, Chair
Debbie Diaz - Towneplace Suites
Jeff Fulencheck - Carleton Residential Properties
Tara Pittman - Trinity Urban Bluffs & District
Anthony Renda – Trinity Bluff Development, LTD.
Melanie Smith - Pioneers Rest Cemetery Association
Tom Struhs - Westford Builders
Previous PID Newsletters
For more archived newsletters, contact matt@dfwi.org.