How can a CBD benefit the community?
The CBD provides business and property owners with a strategy to increase commerce at a relatively low cost and to attract customers and tourists to revitalize small businesses in the neighborhood. The Polk/Van Ness, Downtown, Nob Hill neighborhood commercial corridors are losing too much business due to blighted conditions, dirty sidewalks, safety and quality of life issues, and lack of attractive reasons to come into the community. A CBD is an economic development tool to strengthen urban mixed use districts, so they can compete with well capitalized shopping malls and Big Box chains. Many SF tourists and shoppers say they would rather patronize local businesses, restaurants and clubs in our neighborhood but only if the area becomes safer, cleaner, more convenient and attractive.
