Discover Downtown Rochester

Another year around the sun, and our downtown Ambassadors have been on the run! From picking up cigarette butts to providing hospitality assists, they continue to be a recognizable presence in downtown. Here is a look at their stats in 2022 as a breakdown!

July 1 marked the second anniversary of the downtown Rochester Clean and Safe Ambassador Program. While cleaning the downtown portion of the Zumbro River, the Clean and Safe Ambassadors and Rochester Downtown Alliance may have found the second anniversary gift of cotton (in the form of a lost baseball cap). Who needs silver or silk when the group found these lovely “treasures” during the river clean-up July 1!

The Clean and Safe Ambassadors are some of the visible friendly faces you'll likely meet in downtown Rochester. Heading up this team is a new face: Cam Hurd. Let's get to know him, his background, and how it all works together as the new operations manager of this impactful program.

What a year (in more ways than one)! Our Clean and Safe Ambassadors have been hard at work making downtown Rochester clean, safe, and welcoming. With a heightened importance for public spaces during the pandemic, the Clean and Safe Ambassadors put enhanced effort into cleaning and maintaining places like Peace Plaza and Central Park and general spaces throughout the 44 blocks of downtown. The beginning of a new year offers an opportunity to review the year’s end Clean and Safe Ambassador Program stats. Let’s take a look!

Here's a little trash talk: litter and debris was removed from the downtown portion of the Zumbro River. And, oh, where there some unique finds! Check out what the group of our Clean and Safe Ambassadors, Rochester Downtown Alliance staff, and the City of Rochester's Community Action Team members picked out of the river and its banks.

July 1 marks the one year anniversary of the Clean and Safe Ambassador Program beginning in downtown Rochester. And what a different they've made in that short time frame! Here's a look at their accomplishments from the past year by the numbers.

Everything will soon be coming up green this spring, a welcomed sight after a white-washed winter! With all the melting snow, our downtown Rochester Clean and Safe Ambassadors will find hidden “treasures” once those snowbanks are gone. Let’s take a look at some of the duties they will tackle this spring to make the 44 blocks of downtown bright and beautiful.

While a typical office job is a 40-hour, five-day work week, our downtown Rochester Clean and Safe Ambassadors are out daily for a total of 81 hours a week in downtown Rochester. Even in a Minnesota winter, they focus on these tasks to keep downtown a clean and safe environment for all who visit and work in the 44 blocks of downtown.