Following is a list of organizations and agencies involved with supporting BIDs, downtown and commercial revitalization, and/or economic development. Many BIDs are members of or collaborate with these organizations:
American Planning Organization
Business Improvement Association of
British Columbia
Center for Livable Communities
Center for Urban Economic
Development
DANTH, Inc.
Downtown Newsletter
Downtown Research
& Development Center
Economic & Planning Systems
GSA Good Neighbor Program
Hormann & Associates
HUD
International Council of Shopping Centers
International Downtown Association
LDR International
National Civic League
National League of Cities
National Main Street Center
Partners for Livable Communities
Project for Public Spaces
Urban Land Institute
Lawrence
Houston's article, Are BIDs Working? Urban Land, January, 1997.
Selected BID Links
North Carolina
Downtown
Durham, Inc.
Downtown
Greensboro, Inc.
Downtown
Raleigh, Inc.
Uptown
Shelby Association, Inc.
California
Fair
Oaks, Downtown Designs Marketing Services
Hollywood,
The Hollywood Entertainment District
Long
Beach, Main Street Group
Los
Angeles, Seoul Information Center
Los
Angeles, Downtown Property Owners Association
Sacramento,
Downtown Sacramento Partnersh
San
Diego, Downtown San Diego Partnership
San
Jose, San Jose Downtown Association
Santa
Cruz, Downtown Association of Santa Cruz
Colorado
Boulder,
Downtown Boulder, Inc.
Denver,
Downtown Denver Partnership
Connecticut
Danbury,
CityCenter Danbury
Stamford,
Stamford Downtown Special Services District
Delaware
Wilmington,
Downtown Area Revitalization Effort, Inc.
Wilmington,
Downtown Visions
District of Columbia
Washington,
Downtown DC BID Corporation
Washington,
Golden Triangle BID
Florida
Fort
Lauderdale, Downtown Development Authority
Georgia
Atlanta,
Central Atlanta Progress, Inc.
Atlanta,
Fairlie-Poplar Revitalization
Indiana
Evansville,
Evansville Downtown Development Corporation
Iowa
Des
Moines, Downtown Partnership, Inc.
Kentucky
Covington,
Covington Business Council
Lexington,
Downtown Lexington Corporation
Louisiana
Baton
Rouge, Downtown Development District
Shreveport,
Downtown Development Authority
Maine
Portland,
Discover Portland First!
Maryland
Baltimore,
Downtown Partnership of Baltimore
Bethesda,
Bethesda Urban Partnership
Michigan
Kalamazoo,
Downtown Kalamazoo, Inc.
Montana
Billings,
Downtown Billings Association
Nebraska
Omaha,
Downtown Omaha, Inc.
New Jersey
Summit,
Summit Downtown, Inc.
Trenton,
Trenton Downtown Association, Inc.
New York
Albany,
Central District Albany BID
Albany,
Downtown Albany BID
Alliance
for Downtown New York
Buffalo,
Buffalo Place Inc.
New
York, 14th St. - Union Square BID/LDC
New
York, Times Square BID Online
New
York, NYC Department of Business Services, Division of Neighborhood Development
Ohio
Akron,
Downtown Akron Partnership
Columbus,
Campus Partners for Community Urban Redevelopment, Inc.
Dayton,
Downtown Dayton Partnership
Toledo,
Downtown ToledoVision, Inc.
Oklahoma
Tulsa,
Downtown Tulsa Unlimited, Inc.
Oregon
Eugene,
Downtown Eugene Inc.
Portland,
Association for Portland Progress
Portland,
Livable Oregon, Inc.
Pennsylvania
Allentown,
Allentown Downtown Improvement District Authority
Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania Downtown Center
Philadelphia,
Center City District
Philadelphia,
University City District
State
College, Downtown State College Partnership Inc.
South Carolina
Summerville,
D.R.E.A.M. Corporation
Tennessee
Nashville,
Nashville Downtown Partnership
Texas
Bryan,
City of Bryan Main Street Project
San
Antonio, Downtown Alliance San Antonio
The
Woodlands, Town Center Improvement District
Utah
Salt
Lake City, The Downtown Alliance
Virginia
Roanoke,
Downtown Roanoke
Wisconsin
Milwaukee,
Historic Third Ward Association
Milwaukee,
Milwaukee Downtown BID
Alexander, Lawrence. How to Get the Funds to Promote Downtown. Downtown Research & Development Center, New York, NY, 1991.
Bradley, Richard. ”Downtown Renewal: The Role of Business Improvement Districts,” Public Management, February 1995, p. 9-13.
“Cracking Down On BIDs,” Downtown Idea Exchange, May 1998, Vol. 45, No. 9.
“Developing High Impact Projects Downtown,” The National Council for Urban Economic Development, Washington, D.C., 1998.
Dickerson, Marla. “Zones of Controversy: Improvement Districts Spur Revival—and Division,” Los Angeles Times, January 20, 1999, Part C, P.1.
Epstein, Edward. “More Ground Pulled from Under San Francisco Homeless,” The San Francisco Chronicle, January 26, 1999, p.A17.
Gallagher, Tom,. “Trespasser on Main Street: you!.” The Nation, Dec.18, 1995, v.261, n21., p.787.
Gratz, Roberta Brandes. Cities Back from the Edge: New Life for Downtown. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, NY, 1998.
Houston, Lawrence Q. “Are BIDs Working?” Urban Land, January 1997, Volume 56, No.1, p.32-36.
Houston, Lawrence Q. BIDs. Urban Land Institute, Washington, D.C., 1997.
Houston, Lawrence Q. “Smart Money: New directions for business improvement districts,” Planning, January 1998, p.12-13.
“How BIDs Successful Enhance Downtown Quality of Life and Other Issues,” Downtown Idea Exchange, November 1998, Vol. 45, No. 21.
Hudnut, William H. Cities on the Rebound. ULI, Washington, D.C. 1998.
Ingoldsby, Tom. “BID districts revitalize New York neighborhoods.” American City & County, May 1998, v.113, n.5, p.46.
“Let the Landlords Do It: City Services.” The Economist, April 25, 1992, v.323, p.A23.
Lueck, Thomas J. “Public Needs, Private Answers—Business Districts Grow, At Price of Accountability,” The New York Times, November 20, 1994, Sec. 1, P.1.
Lynch, Kevin. A Theory of Good City Form. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1981.
Milder, N. David. Niche Strategies for Downtown Revitalization. Downtown Research and Development Center, New York, NY, 1997.
Moe, Richard and Wilkie, Carter. Changing Places: Rebuilding Community in the Age of Sprawl. Henry Holt & Co., New York, NY, 1997.
Neighborhood Economic Revitalization: Problems and Solutions. National Council for Urban Economic Development, Washington, D.C., 1994.
Pristin, Terry. “Improvement on a Small Scale: Brooklyn BID Makes Strides Despite its Modest Budget,” The New York Times, February 20, 1999, Section B, p.1.
Sussman, Mark. “New York’s Facelift; Times Square economic
development and the arts.” TDR, March 22, 1998, No.1,
Vol. 42, P.34.