Business Improvement District Council

Business Improvement District Council

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What is the BID Council?

The Business Improvement District Council...

serves as an umbrella organization to foster communication, networking, resource sharing, and collaborative government relations efforts. The BID Council hosts quarterly workshops on topics of interest to business associations working to revitalize older commercial areas in San Diego. The Council provides a Resource Library for members, monthly networking sessions for staff and a unified voice for more than 11,500 small businesses in San Diego's 16 business improvement districts.

The BID Council is a 501 (C) 6 non-profit organization incorporated in 1993 by presidents of the local business improvement districts. Since 1993 the BID Council has worked on collaborative issues such as: reduction of business license tax fees, shared parking meter revenue projects, technology upgrades for BID offices, design ordinances regarding newsracks and signage, and much more.

What are BIDs?

Business Improvement Districts are not just another "buzz word" of the 90's. Business Improvement Districts have been around since 1970 and San Diego is home to the first BID, San Diego Downtown Partnership. San Diego's business owners decided to assess themselves additional fees to be paid upon receipt or renewal of their business licenses to be used for public improvements and collaborative projects such as: banners, street fairs, festivals, historic landmark preservation and restoration, farmers markets, tree planting, landscaping and much more. These assessments are administered by the business associations elected to best utilize these funds for overall business improvement projects for the area.

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