A business improvement district (BID) for the Midway\/Pacific Highway Corridor \u2014 the catalyst to promoting and coalescing local merchants and beautifying the heavily-traveled gateway to Ocean Beach and Point Loma \u2014 was reborn this week after a long dormancy.
\nThe first Midway Business Improvement District (MBID) meeting was held Sept. 24 at Hampton Inn Sea World\/San Diego Airport.
\nThe initial BID meeting was the product of months of groundwork for establishing a new representative merchants\u2019 group led by hotel general manager Victor Ravago and others.
\n“The goal this time around will be slightly different,” said Ravago. “This time it\u2019s not to create a standard BID that relies on [tax] assessments. It\u2019s not only to re-establish a coalition of businesses, but also (to include) some of the public entities we have in the area (like the county health department and U.S. Navy facilities) who have a vested interest in real estate in Midway.”
\nRavago has been working with the San Diego BID Council, an umbrella group overseeing the operations of 18 separate BIDs citywide. About\u00a025 percent of the city\u2019s small-business operators are located within the boundaries of one of the city\u2019s 18 BIDs.
\nReactivating the Midway BID, which hasn\u2019t operated for a decade or more, offers a chance to forge a fresh bond among area merchants, said Ravago.
\n“We\u2019d like to establish community partnerships, not only to ensure safety and beautification but also to improve and revitalize the economic opportunities we have,” he said. “The other goal of ours is to establish a strong relationship with both the Point Loma and Ocean Beach communities, to really transform the Midway area into a gateway community.”
\nA BID is a defined area within which businesses pay an additional tax or levy to fund projects within the district\u2019s boundaries for public improvement.\u00a0
\nIts website, www.Midwaybid.org, states the organization\u2019s mission is to “unify the businesses within the Midway\/North Bay\u00a0Area to work toward the goal of economically\u00a0revitalizing the Midway District. Our efforts will include marketing programs, civic beautification projects, commercial recruitment and parking and transportation improvements.”
\nThe Midway-Pacific Highway Corridor is a hodgepodge of commercial, industrial, office and warehouse land uses \u2014 as well as a limited residential presence \u2014 in a transitional area\u00a0 bordering Old Town, Point Loma, Pacific Beach and downtown San Diego.
\nRavago said another objective in creating private-public partnerships will be to “leverage some existing resources, really try to think outside the box on what we can do to supplement the city\u2019s ability to help us.”
\nThe goal of the BID\u2019s first meeting Sept. 24,said Ravago, was to “assess the state of the Midway area and to establish a consensus on some of the priorities.
\n“The [priority] list is long,” said Ravago. “But in establishing short-term priorities, hopefully that will develop a long-term plan on improving the Midway District.”<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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