Central Houston, Inc. served as the principal proponent and organizer of a special assessment district to provide supplemental services and improvements within 1,173 acres of downtown.  Today, the Houston Downtown Management District, a body politic and corporate, provides downtown property owners and tenants supplemental services, redevelopment assistance and capital improvements.  This plan of services and improvements is provided oversight by a 30-member board of directors representing downtown property owners, managers, residents and tenants.  The District is making a significant impact in public safety, maintenance operations, long range planning, economic development, and improving the public's perception of downtown.

Central Houston provides ongoing contracted administrative and managerial personnel to the District.  Central Houston and the Downtown District also collaborate on many downtown projects and programs.