Georgetown BID’s Bracco Resigns

The Georgetown Business Improvement District seeks a new executive director. Less than three weeks after its annual meeting, the Georgetown BID announced the resignation of James Bracco, its executive director since 2009.

“Jim Bracco has decided to leave the BID after an exemplary three-and-a-half years of service,” reported Georgetown BID’s board president Crystal Sullivan in a July 3rd e-mail to its members. “On behalf of the BID’s board of directors, we would like to thank Jim for his great efforts in making Georgetown a clean, safe and enticing community for our businesses to thrive and visitors to enjoy. He has been a steady presence in not only the Georgetown community but in representing our neighborhood amongst city agencies and initiatives. We greatly appreciate his time and level of service to Georgetown, and he will be missed.”

Bracco indicated to The Georgetowner that he was reconnecting with “former Trammell Crow Company colleagues on a future venture” but could not elaborate at this time.

At the June 13th meeting at the House of Sweden, Bracco gave an update on projects and said he was especially proud of the clean-up crews, whose work he admired each morning when driving to work. Among other projects, he also showed images of the holiday plantings to come as well as a sketch of the holiday ornament to be dramatically suspended over the intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and M Street, much like the lighted decoration that hangs each Christmastime at Fifth Avenue and 57th Street in Manhattan.

At its big meeting in 2011, the BID launched its new website and with its re-branding effort revealed the neighborhood’s new retail motto: “Come out and play.”

The next big BID event is Georgetown’s Fashion Night Out, Sept. 6. Its tagline: “Liberty and fashion for all.”