The mission of Citizens for a Greater Downtown St. Louis is to mobilize residents, businesses, property owners, developers and anyone with a passionate interest in downtown St. Louis to advocate for effective planning and action to make downtown the premier neighborhood in the St. Louis region to live, work, and play.  We will expect those responsible for making the decisions, providing the services, and deploying the resources supporting downtown to operate in a collaborative and transparent manner, and we will hold them accountable for results.  We will advocate for changes in governance, finances, policy, and strategy as needed to make downtown better.

While we all love our downtown and choose to live, work, and invest here, we know that there are problems that must be addressed if downtown is going to thrive. So we often focus on calling attention to those problems. But we are not just about pointing out problems and wringing our hands about the state of downtown. We develop and advocate for solutions. Our Five-Point Safety Proposal, for example, addresses ongoing security issues. We have drafted city ordinances to address problems with surface parking lots and short-term rentals.