COMMERCE IN THE TIME OF CORONAVIRUS -- Part 12

Main Streets, Business Improvement Districts and Downtowns Lead the Way

Petropoulos said the BID stays in constant communication with its district community – by phone, text, survey, website, e-newsletter blasts and social media – while researching and communicating Covid-19 crisis help available. 

The BID promotes the message to the public that Oakland is open for business. 

“With the universities move to online learning and the closure of our museums and library, we saw a huge decline in the university student, faculty and staff customer and the visitor population so we focused our efforts on the hospitals and on area residents. 

In partnership with our hospitals, we set up a food delivery program Support Oakland, where restaurants gain access to deliver to hospital employees,” Petropoulos said.