Downtown still has much room for improvement

The hiring of a new director for the Downtown Auburn Business Improvement District is a positive step we hope will help the agency's mission: improving downtown.

Michele Tarnow brings to the job experience as a business development consultant with the Peace Corps and with work at Eastman Kodak and Hewlett Packard, among other companies.

A lot of progress has been made in recent years. Building facades have been updated and interior renovation projects have helped keep the look of downtown from falling further into disrepair.