Hundreds of non-profit organizations
have worked for decades to advocate for small businesses, authentic places and
vibrant activity in the urban core of America’s cities.
To compete with the
national advertising, buying power and borrowing capacity of giant big box
stores -- mom and pop retailers, restaurants and more have joined forces.
Now, in a time of record job loss and
forced closures of countless beloved small business deemed “non-essential” in
the time of COVID, the little guy needs more help than ever.
The organizations
fighting for their survival are called Business Improvement Districts (BIDs),
Main Street alliances and Downtown Development Authorities (DDAs).
They often
self-tax to provide funding for extra security, cleanup crews, marketing,
entertainment and other support of classic corridors, downtowns and urban
business clusters.
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