CITY CENTER PARTNERSHIP INC
1201 MAIN STREET SUITE 150, COLUMBIA, SC 29201 www.citycentercolumbia.sc

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Organizations Filed Purposes: IMPROVING THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF THE CITY CENTER REQUIRES A STRATEGY THAT ENGAGES EVERY MAJOR STAKEHOLDER GROUP. A KEY ROLE FOR THE CITY CENTER PARTNERSHIP (CCP) IN THAT STRATEGY IS TO ENSURE OPEN COMMUNICATION AMONG BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (BID) STAKEHOLDERS AND TO HELP CLARIFY PEOPLE'S EXPECTATIONS. CCP REPRESENTS THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE BID AS WE ADDRESS ISSUES AND PURSUE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE AREA NOW KNOWN AS THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT.

TO ESTABLISH A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO ATTRACT, PROTECT AND MAINTAIN BUSINESS INVESTMENT IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBIA, SC.

PUBLIC AREA MAINTENANCE PROGRAM WITHIN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTLAST YEAR THERE WAS 128,737 POUNDS OF TRASH AND 60 BLOCK FACES OF GRAFFITI REMOVED. IN ADDITION, OUR BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM REQUIRES US TO COMPLETE TWO SEASONAL PLANTINGS EVERY YEAR IN THE SPRING AND FALL FOR 154 HANGING BASKETS AND 60 LARGE PLANTERS. THIS REQUIRES WATERING THREE TIMES PER WEEK. THERE IS ALSO PRESSURE WASHING OF THE STREETS ONCE A WEEK AND IN THE FALL AND OTHER TIMES OUR NEW ATLV VACUUMS (NAMED "ROSIE") THE LEAVES FROM THE STREET ALONG WITH OTHER DEBRIS. SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES ARE ALSO OFFERED TO THE CITY (I.E., MOWING OF GRASSY AREAS). THE AMBASSADORS ASSISTED IN THE CLEAN UP OF MANY MAJOR EVENTS IN THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT (I.E., THE LATIN FESTIVAL, SODA CITY MARKET, JAM ROOM, INDIE GRITS, HIP HOP FESTIVAL, PRIDE FESTIVAL AND THE GREEK FESTIVAL).

PUBLIC SAFETY PROGRAM WITHIN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTCITY CENTER PARTNERSHIP ("CCP") HAS A SHUTTLE SERVICE WITHIN THE MAIN STREET DISTRICT ("MSD"). LAST YEAR WE GAVE 21,590 COMPLIMENTARY SHUTTLES AND ASSISTED 7,928 STRANDED MOTORISTS, EITHER CHANGING TIRES OR BATTERY JUMPS. BECAUSE OF COVID 19, IN MARCH WE HAD TO TEMPORARILY DISCONTINUTE THE SHUTTLE. CCP AMBASSADORS ALSO PROVIDED ESCORTS IN THE EVENING, HOMELESS AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, COLLABORATION WITH COLUMBIA POLICE DEPARTMENT, PLACEMENT OF AREA SECURITY CAMERAS AND PATROLLING OF THE MSD.

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTCCP EMPLOYS AN OFFICE/RETAIL RECRUITER TO ASSIST IN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF BUSINESSES (10 NEW BUSINESSES OPENED LAST YEAR). CCP MARKETS, PROMOTES AND ADVOCATES FOR DOWNTOWN MAIN STREET DISTRICT VIA BILLBOARDS, PRESS RELEASES, SOCIAL MEDIA, NEWSLETTERS, WEBSITE, AND ADVERTISEMENTS. CCP PURCHASED ADDITIONAL LARGE PLANTERS AND COMPLETED FALL AND SPRING PLANTING OF THE PLANTERS AND HANGING BASKETS TO BEAUTIFY MAIN STREET.

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