As the day went on today I was reflecting on what I wrote earlier, considering whether I was being too grumpy. Ultimately I decided that even if I was a little grumpy, experientially I know what I see.
One not-well-formed thought that I had was that we have the Visit Fort Worth folks who do a great job of promoting our city to outsiders for tourism and hospitality, and the Chamber of Commerce who are about longer term economic development and prosperity, but maybe there could be a role for something that falls between those two.
A group that comes up with reasons / events that tip the scales to encourage people to come into their offices a few extra days rather than working from home. We tend to think that most of the incentives about working from the office vs. home are related to the specifics of the business + the commute, but there are other things that influence that decision.
If I come into the office and my view of downtown is grim, then it is a little longer before that next office visit.
The Visit Fort Worth people know all about this and work hard to encourage and promote reasons for outsiders to come into our city, I imagine that ranges from making certain we have good facilities, all the way down to specific events.
It seems like there could be a different category of these things that are applicable to workers, to encourage them to come downtown just a little more, and in turn spend a little more money downtown, and restart the downtown daytime energy and economy.