The Downtown Recovery Coalition is a committed group of local business leaders, industry associations, community leaders, and building owners who are passionately focused on finding a way back to the vibrant downtown we were familiar with only a few short years ago. We have three strategic focus areas for our work: ● Improving safety and security, and fostering an inclusive recovery ● Increasing cleanliness and improving the care of infrastructure ● Supporting transformational projects and unique offerings in Downtown We work downtown, live downtown, provide services downtown and have business downtown – our goal is to affect the changes needed to prioritize downtown over the next 18 months. Our Steering Committee members are: Alex Hryciw Chair, Downtown Recovery Coalition Director of Strategy, Edmonton Chamber of Commerce Anand Pye Vice Chair, Downtown Recovery Coalition Executive Director, NAIOP, Commercial Real Estate Development Association Cheryll Watson Secretary-Treasurer, Downtown Recovery Coalition Chief Connector, STEM Collegiate Aziz Bootwala Sr. Principal, Vice President-Business Development, Kasian Architecture Chad Helm Founder, The Helm Chris Buyze President, Downtown Edmonton Community League Dave Young Executive Vice President, CBRE Edmonton Devin Pope Property Manager, The Gather Co. Henry Edgar Partner, EDGAR Development Jan Fox Executive Director, REACH Edmonton Jenny Adams President, The Adams Agency Jim Brown Sherrick Management Kalen Anderson Executive Director, Urban Development Institute - Edmonton Metro Kevin McKee Chief Executive Officer, Pangman Developments Mike Saunders Senior Vice President, Qualico Properties Lisa Bordoli President and CEO, BOMA Edmonton Puneeta McBryan Executive Director, Downtown Business Association Robert Black Partner, MLT Aikins Robert Seidel National Managing Partner, DLA Piper (Canada) LLP Sean Kirk General Manager, Edmonton City Cen