Thank you to the Yale Daily News for your informative and thorough coverage of the Downtown NHV Ambassadors program.

We're so proud of this dedicated team, who work hard every day to make the Town Green District clean, safe and friendly!

Even in the winter, downtown New Haven is brightly colored by green, blue and yellow. These are the colors of the New Haven Ambassadors, who service the city’s Town Green District from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m., every day of the year. The bright colors make the Ambassadors an unmissable part of the New Haven streetscape — and that’s intentional. 

The Ambassador program can trace its origins back to 1997, after downtown property owners voted to form the Town Green District, a special services district, and subsequently organized a cleaning team for it. Throughout the 2000s, the District also contracted out public safety officers and maintenance staff through a variety of private companies, until finally merging these roles in 2009 to create the Downtown Ambassadors.  Read More