Angela Wong is new CityCenter Danbury Executive Director

CityCenter Danbury has named downtown resident Angela Wong as Executive Director of the agency that promotes and helps maintain the district along Main Street.

Wong served as acting director since June and before that was Events and Development Director for the organization, which she joined in 2017. Before that, she volunteered for CityCenter when she and her husband, James, moved to Kennedy Flats, the apartment complex at the northern end of the district.

She plans to build on recent CityCenter successes.

“Our recent focus has been on bringing more sets of eyes to the Main Street area to answer visitor questions and also engage in problem situations before they escalate," Wong said. “We have a strong relationship with Mayor Mark Boughton, the Danbury Police Department and the rest of the City Hall, and we envision more support for downtown businesses. One priority is to generate additional foot traffic in CityCenter – people who want to take advantage of the restaurants and shops that they won’t find anywhere else in the region.”

Alicia Ghio, co-owner of downtown-based RmediA and chair of the CityCenter Board of Commissioners, said Wong and board members will focus on building relationships. “We have even closer ties with the Greater Danbury Chamber of Commerce, which is now based in CityCenter, and we are going to continue to strengthen relationships with people and companies that want to be downtown,” Ghio said. “Angela has a lot of support from CityCenter property owners and retailers, and they are the key to a thriving downtown.”

Wong earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering from Cornell University.