transforming communities district by district
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Transforming Communities District by District
• Revitalization Strategies
• Community Needs
• Successes/Challenges
• Developing Partnerships/ Tapping into Resources
• Q&A
Overview
• What is a CBD?
• Why is a CBD needed?
• Establishing a CBD
• Other CBDs, BIDs & Models
• Economic Development Non-profits
• Neighborhood Marketplace Initiative
Revitalization Strategies
Central Market District Map
About the CMCBD
About the CMCBD
• 25 years of economic decline
• Cleanliness has deteriorated
• Plagued by crime (drug dealing)
• Extensive physical decay
• Decrease in pedestrian traffic
• Vacant buildings and boarded-up storefronts
• Perception of neglect in the neighborhood
Central Market Neighborhood
Community Needs – CMCBD
• Pedestrian Safety
• Cleanliness/Quality of Life
• Social Service Outreach
• Streetscape Improvements
• Economic Development / Business Attraction
Central Market - Priorities
Community Needs – CMCBD
• Community Guides Program
• Clean Streets Program
• Public Space Programming
• Streetscape Beautification
• Business Attraction Program
Responding to Community Needs
District Map
Castro / Upper Market CBD
Castro/Upper Market CBD
• World famous for vibrant and visible LGBT Community
• Built in branding
• Vibrant night-life
• Increasing commercial vacancy rate
• Large vacant lots
• Passionate community
• Pedestrian Safety
• Quality of Life
• Graffiti and Cleaning
• Cleaning and Maintenance• Graffiti Removal• Quality of Life • Pedestrian Safety• Greening / Public Realm Improvements• Business Attraction
Castro/Upper Market CBD Priorities
• Clean Team
• Quality of Life
• Greening Public Realm Improvements
• Business Attraction
Castro/Upper Market CBDResponding to Community Needs
SUCCESSES
Cleaning/Maintenance
Social Service Outreach
Pedestrian Safety
Public Realm Improvements
Business Attraction
• Filling Vacancies• Business Retention• Pop Up Stores• Art in Storefronts
Challenges
• Needs outstrip resources• City Bureaucracy• Expectations• Maintaining City-level Services• Community buy-in
• City Agencies
• Other CBDs
• Civic Associations
• Neighborhood Associations
• Merchant Organizations
• Volunteers
• Economic Development Organizations
Partnerships/Resources
• Real Estate - New development - Existing vacancies
• Arts & Culture
• Leveraging Assets
• Housing
Tenderloin Economic Development
Q&A
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