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Commission Approves Three Legacy Business Nominations; Office of Small Business Presents Semiannual Report
Summary
The commission approved three legacy business registry nominations (Bix Restaurant, Schubert's Bakery, SF Supply Master) and heard the Legacy Business Program semiannual report outlining additions to the registry, grant activity, and branding materials.
The Historic Preservation Commission approved three legacy business registry nominations and received a semiannual program report from the Office of Small Business.
Planning staff summarized the three nominations before the commission: Bix Restaurant (56 Gold Street) in Jackson Square; Schubert's Bakery (521 Clement Street), family-owned since 1913; and San Francisco Supply Master (2050 McKinnon Avenue), a wholesale food service distributor founded in 1983. Representatives from the businesses spoke in support; Shelly from preservation staff recommended listing and identified the character-defining features the staff proposes to safeguard.
After public comment from applicants and supporters, the commission voted unanimously to approve the three businesses for the legacy business registry.
Richard Carillo, Legacy Business Program manager at the Office of Small Business, presented a semiannual report for April–September 2018. Key points: 19 businesses were added to the registry during the period; since program inception there have been 232 nominations and 148 businesses listed on the registry; business assistance grants were issued with average grant payments and rent stabilization grants were paid to qualifying landlords. Carillo described outreach and marketing work (logo, brochures, plaques, multi-language materials) and said program staff plan to publish toolkits and create an online application for business assistance grants.
Commissioners asked about distributing the new logo and materials and about outreach and technical assistance for legacy businesses dealing with landlords; Carillo said a packet and style guide would be released and the office would provide assistance or referrals to the Small Business Development Center as needed.
