The Aurora City Council will consider Tuesday a measure that would devote certain tax dollars and city staff time towards creating a new independent organization for the city’s downtown area.

This proposed new nonprofit organization would be similar to the one that recently joined with other groups to form the Aurora Regional Economic Alliance, according to past reporting .

The former Aurora Downtown organization used to manage funds generated by a special tax applied to property within Special Service Area Number One, located in downtown Aurora. Using those funds, the organization worked to support the downtown area through things like marketing, improvements, events and more.

City staff are now asking the Aurora City Council to put aside $50,000 from Special Service Area Number One

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