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Advocates seek dedicated downtown vitality fund and small fixes to business improvement district rules
Summary
MAPC, MassInc and gateway cities representatives asked the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business to approve S.173, a downtown vitality fund funded by 0.75% of sales-tax collections, and a short bill to ease business improvement district renewal and audit requirements.
Regional planners and municipal economic-development leaders told the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business that Massachusetts should create a steady revenue stream for downtowns and ease administrative burdens on small business improvement districts.
Witnesses asked the committee to report S.173 favorably and supported a related technical bill (H.299 / S.174) to improve the management and sustainability of BIDs and similar district entities.
Anna Sengupta, director of arts and culture at…
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