Downtown Economic Development Program. A. The Downtown Economic Development Program will continue to develop and implement strategies to xxxxxx the vitality of downtown Portland by participating in task forces and committees that advocate for economic development for Portland’s Central City retail, office and housing development (such as Stakeholder Advisory Committees of Prosper Portland, neighborhood advocacy committees, and the Old Town/Chinatown Business Committee) as well as staffing of the Portland Business Alliance’s Central City Standing Committee and related task forces;