Tag Archives: Downtown DC Business Improvement District

Blooming Washington

06 April 10 2 Comments

I’m en route with my family to an International Downtown Association meeting in Toronto in two weeks time, via Washington and New York. We were lucky enough to arrive in Washington at the same time as the famous cherry blossoms. The cherry trees were a gift from the Japanese government in

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Giving responsibly in the Cape Town Central City

16 March 10 1 Comment

Business Improvement Districts, or BIDs, were first established in Canada and the US in the 1960s and 70s. Since then, they have become popular mechanisms  in many cities throughout the world to ensure that business areas are safe, clean and well managed, by raising an additional levy from property owners (or,…

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