Downtown Ithaca Alliance announces six board members

ITHACA, N.Y. — The Downtown Ithaca Alliance recently announced that six individuals — four downtown Ithaca property owners and two commercial tenants — were elected to its board of directors.

Downtown property owners re-elected Teri Tarshus and elected Elsa Hyde, Bryan Warren, and Emily Petrina. Tarshus serves as a representative for the Seneca Place Building and is the general manager of the Downtown Hilton Garden Inn; Hyde is a partner at Travis Hyde Properties; Warren owns the Seneca Way residential and office development; and Petrina has been a downtown Ithaca property owner since 2011.

For the commercial tenants’ seats, business owners re-elected Jan Norman Rhodes, owner of Ithacamade in the Dewitt Mall, and elected Adrina Graham, owner of Adrina Dietra, a specialty shop located in Press Bay.

Board members serve a three-year term on the board. Members are tasked with overseeing the use of special-assessment funds collected within the 22-block Business Improvement District of downtown Ithaca.

Downtown Ithaca Alliance board meetings are held on the third Monday of each month. The board is currently conducting meetings via Zoom amid the ongoing pandemic. 

The Downtown Ithaca Alliance says it strives to preserve and develop the central downtown core of Ithaca as the region’s center for banking and finance, business and professional offices, government and community services, downtown residences, and as a retail destination highlighted by specialty shops, restaurants, arts, and entertainment.