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| Community Improvement District (CID) A community improvement district (CID) is an organization, usually consisting of local businesses and other institutions, created for financing a range of facilities and services in a clearly defined area. CID's often seek to improve run-down neighborhoods or commercial areas, but they may also work at providing additional infrastructure, or for various other purposes. Sometimes, however, they may act without democratic accountability. CID's have the power to issue bonds and impose property taxes. A CID must be approved by the passage of a law in the Georgia Assembly, and approval also must be granted by the local government and 75% of the property owners in the proposed area. In most other states, a CID is known as a business improvement district (BID). |
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Gwinnett County, GA - The Highway 78 Community Improvement District (CID) works to improve a 7-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 78 in Gwinnett County. Their efforts include transportation improvements, additional landscaping, and bettering the overall image of the corridor. The CID was created in 2003, amid concerns of how a median would be properly created (replacing "suicide lanes") for Highway 78. Most CID's are focused on a nodal area such as an edge city or old downtown; the Highway 78 CID is rather unusual in concentrating on a commercial corridor.
Gwinnett County, GA - The Gwinnett Place Community Improvement District (CID) was formed in 2005. It includes 191 parcels around Gwinnett Place Mall, an area which has deteriorated as many retailers abandoned it. The CID aims to improve landscaping and walkability, but its largest goal is the transformation of a former Target store into a mixed-use project.
Multi- County, GA - The Perimeter Community Improvement Districts (PCIDs) consist of the Fulton Perimeter CID and the DeKalb Perimeter CID. The PCIDs represent business and property owners in the area around Perimeter Mall, a major upscale office and commercial "edge city" at the intersection of GA 400 and I-285 north of Atlanta, stretching into both Fulton and DeKalb counties. The PCIDs have primarily focused on transportation issues, both to improve the flow of traffic and to make the area more pedestrian-friendly.
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