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Board approves first reading to extend Historic Downtown Branson Community Improvement District 20 years
Summary
The Branson Board of Aldermen voted to approve the first reading of an ordinance to extend the term of the Historic Downtown Branson Community Improvement District (CID) for 20 years, sending the district toward a later vote on whether to renew its sales tax.
The Board of Aldermen on March 11 approved first reading of an ordinance to extend the term of the Historic Downtown Branson Community Improvement District for 20 years, allowing the district to pursue a later vote to renew the sales tax that funds its services.
The district runs the free downtown trolley and pays for landscaping, Christmas lights, restroom renovations and trolley shelters in the historic downtown area. Kyle Young, speaking for the CID, told the board the downtown SID has provided more than a million passenger rides, paid for restroom renovations and annual landscaping upkeep and helped fund downtown signage and lighting projects.
“That has succeeded, and it was used to form this trolley service,” attorney Greg Dorman said of the CID model, explaining that the ordinance before the board…
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