In five months on the job, the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District says it has hauled away 32,000 pounds of trash and removed 1,500 graffiti sites. It has organized art displays, jazz performances, car shows, and restaurant crawls. And the BID has hired 31 highly visible employees who wear orange shirts and serve as street-level ambassadors for the downtown area.

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