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Smaller Fashion District BID Renewed
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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - A downsized version of the Fashion District Business Improvement District has been approved by the City Council, and cleanup and safety services within the new BID boundaries will continue uninterrupted in 2009, BID leaders announced this month. The Fashion District BID has provided trash removal and other services to a 94-block area in Downtown's apparel-oriented southern neighborhood for 12 years. In order to be renewed for another five-year term in 2009, BID leaders needed to collect signatures from landlords representing 50% of the district's property. But earlier this year, dozens of property owners withheld their support, stymieing the effort. As a result, Fashion District BID Executive Director Kent Smith and others decided to split the BID in two. The official Fashion District, now about two-thirds the size of the original district, was approved for another five-year term by the Council on Dec. 18. It is roughly bounded by the Santa Monica Freeway to the south, Seventh Street to the north, San Pedro Street to the east and Spring and Main streets to the west. Fashion District Two, which encompasses most of the property owners opposed to the renewal, cuts into a 16-block area on the east side of the main Fashion District. So far, the petition to provide services to Fashion District Two has been signed by property owners representing 46.6% of the area. While Smith continues to gather signatures for the second BID, services will be suspended in that district for at least one month starting Jan. 1.
page 2, 12/29/2008
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DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - A downsized version of the Fashion District Business Improvement District has been approved by the City Council, and cleanup and safety services within the new BID boundaries will continue uninterrupted in 2009, BID leaders announced this month. The Fashion District BID has provided trash removal and other services to a 94-block area in Downtown's apparel-oriented southern neighborhood for 12 years. In order to be renewed for another five-year term in 2009, BID leaders needed to collect signatures from landlords representing 50% of the district's property. But earlier this year, dozens of property owners withheld their support, stymieing the effort. As a result, Fashion District BID Executive Director Kent Smith and others decided to split the BID in two. The official Fashion District, now about two-thirds the size of the original district, was approved for another five-year term by the Council on Dec. 18. It is roughly bounded by the Santa Monica Freeway to the south, Seventh Street to the north, San Pedro Street to the east and Spring and Main streets to the west. Fashion District Two, which encompasses most of the property owners opposed to the renewal, cuts into a 16-block area on the east side of the main Fashion District. So far, the petition to provide services to Fashion District Two has been signed by property owners representing 46.6% of the area. While Smith continues to gather signatures for the second BID, services will be suspended in that district for at least one month starting Jan. 1.
page 2, 12/29/2008
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