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We need to encourage
the well-being of neighborhood business districts. We need to find
more ways to encourage and even subsidize the remodeling of outdated
structures and functional hardware. The city loses tax revenue when a
neighborhood business deteriorates. The city gains tax revenue when
neighborhood businesses thrive. The city government, in essence, is a
silent partner in neighborhood business districts. These buildings
are privately owned but also are a part of the community and will affect
the surrounding neighborhood and the rest of the city long after the
present owner is gone. We should not be adverse to helping to
preserve the functional vitality of our neighborhood business
property. We need to help neighborhood business districts develop
better parking. We need to encourage them to advertise in the
surrounding neighborhood and become a more dynamic part of the neighborhood
social activity.
(A problem and solution
suggested by our daughter
Rhonda 3/7/17)
PROBLEM: One of problems of a
business in a neighborhood run by someone who does not live in the
neighborhood where they do business is that they do not have a social
connection to the people in the neighborhood. If they are not of an
ethnic, or income group the same as the neighborhood, it is especially
difficult for the business to respond and reflect the needs of the
neighborhood and be an example and encouragement to the population in
that neighborhood.
SOLUTION: I
believe that the City should give a tax incentive to business owners who
open a business in a neighborhood where they live, and continue to live
in that neighborhood.
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