Discover Polk CBD | accountability

27 Jan New Executive Management Team!

Posted at 21:52h in accountability, clean and safe, communications, neighborhood improvement, retail strategy by Suzanne 0 Comments

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A working group of the Discover Polk CBD Board interviewed four well qualified local candidates for the Executive Director position, and unanimously agreed on a unique solution: Tonic Nightlife Group, LLC, a local hospitality and community affairs management company. The co-founders, Ben Bleiman and Duncan...

02 Jan Preliminary results from our December 2019 Rubbish Audit

Posted at 13:17h in accountability, clean and safe, communications by Suzanne 0 Comments

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Five volunteers in 14.12 hours on 12 and 20 December 2019 logged 11,113 items of concern within the Discover Polk CBD footprint! The bulk of the findings were gum residue (64% of items), cigarette butts (19.43%) and general street litter (9.21%). Graffiti (including stickers and...

12 Dec Candidates for Discover Polk Executive Director position

Posted at 18:11h in accountability, communications, transparency by Suzanne 0 Comments

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We are delighted that there are now four qualified candidates for the position of Executive Director of the Discover Polk CBD. They are all local, some have owned or managed businesses in the neighborhood, some either already have established families here, and some are just...

12 Dec What’s a rubbish audit?

Posted at 17:59h in accountability, activation, clean and safe, communications by Suzanne 0 Comments

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Exactly what it sounds like: you decide what categories of detritus/rubbish/litter you are going to count, and what the perimeters of the area for counting are, and you launch a team to document unique instances of the offending matter. You could do this with a...

29 Jan Opportunities for involvement-please consider participating

Posted at 21:23h in accountability, activation, clean and safe by Suzanne 0 Comments

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Discover Polk CBD Board has initiated four Working Groups: Clean and Safe, Business Retention and Recruitment, Marketing and District Branding, and Streetscape Enhancements. Working Groups are flexible, advisory groups, who can strengthen the CBD by including the voices and efforts of community members. --For example, the...

02 Aug Dateline: 24 July 2018: THANK YOU!

Posted at 07:23h in accountability, CBD formation, clean and safe by Suzanne 0 Comments

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Today the San Francisco Board of Elections tallied the ballots from property owners in the Discover Polk neighborhood, and reported that we had a majority in favor of forming the CBD! The Board of Supervisors heard from supporters and one opponent, considered the election results,...

18 Apr Community Benefit in action!

Posted at 16:01h in accountability, clean and safe, Uncategorized by Suzanne 0 Comments

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One of the benefits of a CBD is graffiti abatement. Businesses and residences can count on support of the CBD crew to remove paint, stickers, tape, etc, from their property in a timely and effective fashion, thereby avoiding costly and annoying violation notices for the owner....

26 Mar Business Improvement/Community Benefit Districts

Posted at 18:33h in accountability, activation, CBD formation, clean and safe, communications, retail strategy by Suzanne 0 Comments

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Did you know that there are at least 73 Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) in New York City alone, representing a budget of over $134 million and including over 85,000 businesses? In Los Angeles, there are 42 property-based BIDs, and in Philadelphia, at least 14. Washington,...

21 Mar CBDs are effective

Posted at 10:22h in accountability, activation, CBD formation, clean and safe by Suzanne 0 Comments

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We don't have to look any further than immediately south of the Discover Polk district boundaries for evidence of effectiveness of CBD services. Lower Polk CBD has only been operational since January 2016, and has already had a significant impact. Alleys and sidewalks are cleaner, sidewalk...

28 Feb Discover Polk will improve our community with accountability

Posted at 10:53h in accountability, activation, clean and safe, communications by Suzanne 0 Comments

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The Discover Polk CBD will offer greater citizen involvement in our community. Democratic accountability is built into the bylaws of the CBD in the form of board and committee membership. We will have greater voice in City Hall to lobby for the services we need...

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27 Jan New Executive Management Team!

02 Jan Preliminary results from our December 2019 Rubbish Audit

12 Dec Candidates for Discover Polk Executive Director position

12 Dec What’s a rubbish audit?

29 Jan Opportunities for involvement-please consider participating

02 Aug Dateline: 24 July 2018: THANK YOU!

18 Apr Community Benefit in action!

26 Mar Business Improvement/Community Benefit Districts

21 Mar CBDs are effective

28 Feb Discover Polk will improve our community with accountability

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