Smith Street Alliance seeks votes to establish Business Improvement District
SMITH STREET — They’re making a bid to improve the neighborhood.
Members of the Smith Street Alliance are hosting a public meeting at Invisible Dog, 51 Bergen St., on Wednesday focusing on plans for a Smith Street Business Improvement District (BID). The Alliance is composed of local property owners, business owners and residents who have banded together in order to establish a BID on Smith Street in the Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens neighborhoods.
The Alliance is urging property owners who have concerns about sanitation, safety and the health of business on Smith Street to attend the public meeting, as the services provided by BIDs to their neighborhoods are those prioritized in voting by residents, businesses and property owners. Approval of a BID requires greater than 50 percent approval by property owners. There are 76 BIDs in New York City.