3. Empowering business owners to organize around a
common vision and attract investment to their district.
• Business and Retail Development
• Clean and Safe
• Streetscape and Appearance
• Marketing and Promotion
• Organizational Development
4. Clean and
Safe
Business
Development
Streetscape
and
Appearance
Marketing
and Events
Organizational
Development
Leadership Group
Businesses
Property Owners
Nonprofits
Residents
Step 1:
A district forms a leadership
group and structure
Step 2:
The group develops an action
plan with priorities in the five
core strategy areas.
Step 3: Start working
Only in Seattle provides a framework and funding that helps business district leaders
agree on a common vision and set priorities for their district.
5. 2016 Only in Seattle Initiative Program Components
Tier I: Action Plan Grants for Organizing, Transforming or
Established Districts
Tier II: Business Improvement Area Support
Tier III: Racial Equity in Business Districts
Tier IV: Façade Improvements
Tier V: Enhance Cultural Place-making
Tier VI: City Infrastructure Improvements ($500,000 available)
6. Organizing District
•Have a stakeholder group
•Have a Vision
•Developing a plan
•$50,000 maximum
Transforming District
•Have a structure
•Implementing a plan
•$200,000 maximum
Established District
•Lead organization
•Financially stable
•Ongoing implementation
•$50,000 maximum
Tier I: Action Plan Grants
7. Organizing Transforming Established
Business
Organization
Stakeholder Group
Action Plan
Implementing plan
Building org.
revenues
Financially sustainable
Marketing &
Promotion
1-2 events
Marketing Plan
Signature event
Active brand
Strong online/web
Ongoing marketing &
events
Appearance
& Enviro.
Design for physical
improvements
Implementing
improvements
Visible design
elements
Business &
Retail Devel.
Database of
businesses & properties
Relationships with
businesses
Market analysis
Business recruitment
plan
Connect to TA
Clean & Safe
Clean & safe issues
identified
Implementing clean
& safe plan
Scheduled cleaning
Ongoing safety plan
Tier I: Action Plan Grants
8. Support Available to All Districts:
• Peer Networking
• Staff liaisons
• Business retention and
expansion
• Business advocacy
9. Committees for Each
Action Plan Element
Implements Action Plan
Develops/Oversees
Action Plan
Steering
Committee
Organization
1
Business &
Retail
Development
Marketing &
Promotion
Business
Organization
Organization
2
Appearance
& Pedestrian
Environment
Clean & Safe
Typical Implementation Structure
10. • Building a coalition of organizations and
community members to support economic
development.
• Creating a common agenda and taking
action.
• Funded through Only in Seattle and
Community Cornerstones
On Board
Othello
Only in Seattle CDBG $ &
Cornerstones $
24 Member
Coalition
City Staff - DPD,
DON, OED, OH
Marketing
and
Promotion
Business
Attraction &
Retention
Clean and
Safe
Real Estate
Development
District branding & Events
Business TA with language
support
Community engaged with
developers
Façade project & Clean ups
11. What’s New in 2016?
• City Infrastructure Improvement Projects
• Open to business districts with paid on-street parking OR have majority
low-moderate income residents and significant impacts from construction
• Cultural Place-making funding
• Business Districts can apply for technical assistance to organize a festive
gathering of business district leaders and artists/arts organizations/cultural
organizations to meet and explore possibilities for collaboration.
• Façade program
• $50,000 available to fund 1-3 projects
13. Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan
Nov. 3
Applications
due
Oct. 2
Request for
Applications
Released
Public Meetings
Oct. 7 & 14
November 13,
16, 17
Committee
Presentations
Dec/Jan
Investments
Decided and
Announced
Request for Application Timeline
