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Best Practices: Are You Submitting Your Annual Report Properly?
Unfortunately, the answer may be no. We often see beautiful, detailed reports on everything our districts accomplished last year. And while those reports are a ...
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District Spotlight: Marina del Rey Voluntary Assessment District
In an unincorporated part of Los Angeles County lies the waterfront town of Marina del Rey. As the largest man-made small craft harbor in North ...
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Out with the Old, in with the New? Modernizing your district’s existing structure
Since 1989, California businesses have been able to partner and create improvement districts using the Parking and Business Area Law of 1989. At the time, ...
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Working Together: Supplementing Traditional Districts with Wine, Beer, and Restaurant Districts
You have a property and business improvement district, perhaps even a tourism improvement district. To you, these are old news. The new news … is ...
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Hiring 101: Part 4 – Skills Are Hard to Fake
By Melanee Cottrill, Civitas In our last issue, we wrote about ways to overcome confirmation bias during the interview process. In case you missed it, ...
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Gilroy Tourism Business Improvement District: 2018-2027
By Gina Trechter, Civitas Building upon the success of their five-year initial term, Gilroy hoteliers have successfully renewed their Tourism Business Improvement District (TBID)! With ...
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California Prevailing Wage and Assessment Districts
By Melanee Cottrill, Civitas Here at Civitas, we are lucky to frequently hear from our clients in between projects. One of our favorite new frequently ...
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Renewing a PBID? For Best Results, Start in January
By Melanee Cottrill, Civitas Do you remember how long it took to form your PBID? All the work that goes into a formation, determining boundaries, ...
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The Tourism Improvement District Revolution
By Melanee Cottrill, Civitas If you’ve seen us speak at a conference lately, you’ve heard the news – tourism improvement districts are booming! From humble ...
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