“Because of the more negative news, I wanted people to walk away with the understanding that many positive developments occurred last year,” said Kirby Fowler, president of the partnership, which has in the last two decades overseen the city center’s transformation from an aging office park to a mixed-use neighborhood with more residents than ever. “More buildings came online and more people move into live or work and those are good things for the health of downtown. I’d like to see more of it and that’s our challenge.”