Risky Business
The Downtown Council was always looking for ways to keep office workers downtown and spending money after work. One of their longest running events was a monthly after-work cocktail party. I suppose they hoped people would stay afterward and eat at the city’s restaurants, maybe even do a little shopping and see a show before heading back to the suburbs. As a rising executive in my company, I was ‘encouraged’ to be involved in community projects. That’s how I ended up on the Downtown Council’s...