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035			_a(Sirsi) u112566
100			_aWinkley, R
245			_aDistricts with an Amercian twist
260			_c2001
490			_aPlanning (for the Natural and Built Environment) _v(1417) 4 May 2001, 10(1)
520			_aReports on the Amercian style business improvement district (BID) idea, recently adopted by Tony Blair as a way to regenerate town and city centres. Defines BIDs as creating a partnership between property owners and businesses in commercial areas to improve the financial climate, and highlights their success in New York. Discusses the mixed response to the proposed introduction of BIDs in the UK and identifies some of the key issues which include the possibility of businesses expecting improved services from local authorities in return for paying the additional business rates, whether BIDs will address the real regeneration areas, the lengthy timescale if BIDs goes ahead, how the district boundaries will be defined, and whether businesses will be willing to pay out when the economy is less healthy.
590			_aABS
650			_aBUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS
650			_aBIDS
650			_aLOCAL AUTHORITIES
650			_aURBAN REGENERATION
650			_aUNITED STATES
650			_aBUSINESS COMMUNITY
650			_aBUSINESS RATES
690			_aREGENERATION
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