Business and attribute owners are usually enthusiastic about downtown revitalization.

Business and attribute owners are usually enthusiastic about downtown revitalization, moreover in Albany, N.Y., they could not smooth wait for a Business Improvement District (BID) to be propos before jump-starting efforts to make the city more attractive.

Capitalize Albany, the city's revitalization effort, participated in a "Downtown Clean Up Day," a first-of-its kind incident for the city. Wearing Capitalize Albany T-shirts, city and community leaders l by way of example and spent the day picking up trash and sweeping the downtown roads

Then, downtown business and peculiarity owners pooled their resources to foundation "The Capitalize Albany Clean Team," a uniformed team that picked up litter, cleaned sidewalks and acted as an information resource for downtown visitors. The team operated daily from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 pm for a 12-week period from beginning to end the summer. About 40 downtown businesses participated in the program, donating $26000 to pay for