Public Improvement District
PID 1: Downtown was 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
April Ramirez
PID Administrator
Economic Development Department
100 Fort Worth Trail, Fort Worth, TX 76102
817-392-7688
PID 1: Downtown Information
Visit our Events page to see what is happening in the District.
View the City of Fort Worth Resolution re-establishing PID 1: Downtown here.
View the City of Fort Worth Assessment Ordinance here.
PID 1: Downtown
2026 Advisory Committee Meetings
January 28, 2026
April 22, 2026
July 29, 2026
Click here for the January meeting agenda.
Advisory Committee Meetings will be held at the DFWI office unless otherwise noted:
777 Taylor Street, Suite 100
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Meeting dates are subject to change.
Download the PID 1 FY 2026 Budget & Five-Year Service & Assessment Plan here.
Fiscal Year 2026 assessment rate for PID 1 is 12.5 cents per $100 of property value.
PID 1: Downtown Minutes:
PID 1: Downtown Advisory Committee
Laura Bird - Anthracite Realty Partners (Chair)
Johnny Campbell - City Center Fort Worth
Gary Cumbie -The Cumbie Consultancy
Drew Hayden - The Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel
Michael Hiltabibdel - The Omni Fort Worth Hotel
Marie Holliday, DMD - Flowers to Go in Sundance Square
Stacey Hollingsworth - Burnett Plaza
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
Randle Meadows - Fort Worth Downtown Neighborhood Alliance
Don Perfect - ONCOR
Mark Pierce - Courtyard Fort Worth Downtown/Blackstone
Carissa Taylor - AC Hotel Fort Worth
Courtney Towson, Sheraton Hotel Fort Worth
PID Newsletters
September 2025
For more archived newsletters, contact matt@dfwi.org.