Staff photo/Allison T. Williams

Charlene Secondo (from left) and Bill Scutt, downtown revitalization officials from Corning, N.Y., and Kelowna, British Columbia, respectively, and Kelowna City Councilman Brian D. Given were among more than 40 downtown development officials who visited downtown Suffolk Saturday morning. The group was part of several hundred downtown development executives from around the world in downtown Norfolk this weekend for the International Downtown Association’s annual spring conference.