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  • All
  • Advocacy
  • Business Districts
  • Candidate Screening
  • District Renewal
  • End of the Year
  • Funding Mechanisms
  • Funding Wins
  • Legislation
  • Miscellaneous
  • New Formations
  • Nonprofit Corporations
  • Property Districts
  • Restaurant Districts
  • Sustainability
  • Tourism Districts
  • Tourism Districts
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  • Wine Districts
Business Districts

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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Tourism Districts

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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Business Districts

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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Business Districts

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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Candidate Screening

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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Tourism Districts

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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Business Districts

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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Tourism Districts

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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Tourism Districts

News Alert: Court Resolves San Diego TMD Lawsuit

By Melanee Cottrill, Civitas The San Diego Tourism Marketing District (SDTMD) today claimed victory in a three-year battle over the District’s most recent renewal.   ...
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