Find Out More About BIDs

Visit the NYC Small Business Services website for a comprehensive list of BIDs in New York City.

 

List of other Chinatown BIDs include:

  • Flushing

  • Houston Chinatown

  • LA Chinatown

  • Ottawa

  • Seattle

  • Toronto

  • Washington DC

  • Vancouver 

 

Bed-Stuy Gateway BID (2009)

  • Services include street cleaning and beautification, e.g., greenery, and capital improvements such as streetlights, street furniture and signage.  

 

During these hard economic times, I am confident that this new BID will help to energize our commercial corridor.  This BID builds on the great tradition of economic development in Bedford Stuyvesant.

                                                                            Mike Rafferty, Executive Director of the Bed-Stuy BID

 

Flushing BID (2003)

  • Slogan: "Destination of Choice"
  • Services include supplemental litter removal and street cleaning as well as a new capital project to create new sidewalks, distinctive street lights, historic signs and seating areas.
  • Activities Include Restaurant Week and a Shopper's Guide.

 

Vancouver Chinatown Business Improvement Area (2000)

 

  • Encourage and promote business in the Chinatown Business Improvement Area;
  • Advance any project, plan, or improvement designed to benefit the Chinatown BIA;
  • Cooperate with and aid any person, body, group, or association in projects designed to benefit the BIA;
  • Raise revenue to carry out the purposes of the Society; and
  • Promote matters of common concern and interest to businesses and property owners in the BIA.

 

Seattle: Chinatown International District Business Improvement Area (1994)

  • Business and Tourism Development
  • Maintenance Enhancement
  • Pubilc Safety
  • Accessibility and Transportation

 

Union Square Partnership (1984)

  • Services include supplemental sanitation, security,  beautification, promotion and marketing.

 

Toronto Canada: Bloor West Village (1970)

 

  • Founder: Alex Ling
  • Pioneer of the Business Improvement Association concept and the first BIA in 1970.
      
      
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