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- Advocacy
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Districts on the Move: Sacramento Tourism Marketing District Renews for 10 Years!
August 10, 2017
“California begins here.” Sacramento is the star on the map of California and is recognized as America’s Farm-to-Fork Capital. The Sacramento Tourism Marketing District (STMD) ...
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Hiring 101: Part 5 – Thriving on Behavior
August 10, 2017
• Is the candidate a thinker or a doer? Meaning, do they gather a lot of information and take their time in making a decision ...
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California Public Records Act Updated by Court
August 10, 2017
The use of personal email accounts and devices by public officials is a hot topic throughout the United States. California has become the epicenter of ...
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Best Practices: Are You Submitting Your Annual Report Properly?
August 10, 2017
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
August 10, 2017
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
August 10, 2017
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
August 10, 2017
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
December 19, 2016
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
December 19, 2016
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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