Downtown Baltimore’s reinvention is on track, with noticeable improvements in streetscapes, crime reduction and business investment, leaders of Downtown Partnership said Wednesday.

But as the district continues to shift from office-focused to become more livable, walkable and safe, it’s crucial to keep up momentum to woo investors, residents and businesses, Shelonda Stokes, the group’s president, told The Baltimore Sun. That has become more challenging with uncertainty over project funding and Baltimore area residents hard hit by the longest ever U.S. government shutdown.

“When you have a time where people are not working, there’s instability in the market,” Stokes said. “In that way, that is a huge challenge. We really need to link arms here, to do more with less.”

The partnership, wh

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