How Downtown Manager Jamie Smith Creates Connections in a Changing Downtown Spartanburg

While City Staff from across a wide swath of departments have always worked to keep Downtown Spartanburg humming, our recently added Downtown Manager, Jamie Smith, has brought a new level of coordination to those efforts. Coming to the role from his previous experience working with the Highland community, coordinating efforts between neighborhood leaders, partnering organizations, and the City team, Jamie is well-versed in what it takes to bring people together across sectors to create the shared focus needed to enable positive change. Today on the podcast, we're talking Jamie to get his first impressions of the Downtown Manager role, his work with downtown business owners and stakeholders, and his coordination with our City team.