Dawn Alan, executive director of Downtown Charlottetown Inc. (DCI), said the topic came up for discussion at the annual general meeting in February.
It was at this meeting the 2017 budget was voted on and approved and a levy of 18 cents per $100 commercial assessment was approved for this year.
“This amount reflects a three-cent increase over the 15-cent levy which has been in place since 2004,’’ Alan said in a letter to the city that was made available to the media at a recent council meeting.
“We are requesting this levy be added to the city’s rates applied to the provincial assessment roll.’’
DCI formally requests that the first advance draw down of the levy assigned to properties in the designated business improvement area be collected by the province for June 1.
Further collections will occur on Sept. 1 and Dec. 1.
The city receives these funds from the province.
Alan explained that in the 12 years since DCI’s inception, the scope and scale of programs and services for members have grown considerably.
She listed a variety of examples, including full-time program manager, three-person summer street team, street navigator outreach, downtown dollars, downtown fox story walk, City Hall bell tower lights, state of downtown report, caring meters, downtown value discount card, photo attraction (big red numbers), façade program, farmers’ market, picnic tables on Victoria Row, Winterdine, sponsorship of more than 20 events annually and $20,000 in downtown marketing.
“The feedback we get from members indicates these programs, and more like them, are invaluable in building on the success already achieved over the past 12 years. DCI needs an increase in our current level of levy funding to fund these activities.’’
Council passed a resolution approving the request by a unanimous vote.
Dawn Alan, executive director of Downtown Charlottetown Inc. (DCI), said the topic came up for discussion at the annual general meeting in February.
It was at this meeting the 2017 budget was voted on and approved and a levy of 18 cents per $100 commercial assessment was approved for this year.
“This amount reflects a three-cent increase over the 15-cent levy which has been in place since 2004,’’ Alan said in a letter to the city that was made available to the media at a recent council meeting.
“We are requesting this levy be added to the city’s rates applied to the provincial assessment roll.’’
DCI formally requests that the first advance draw down of the levy assigned to properties in the designated business improvement area be collected by the province for June 1.
Further collections will occur on Sept. 1 and Dec. 1.
The city receives these funds from the province.
Alan explained that in the 12 years since DCI’s inception, the scope and scale of programs and services for members have grown considerably.
She listed a variety of examples, including full-time program manager, three-person summer street team, street navigator outreach, downtown dollars, downtown fox story walk, City Hall bell tower lights, state of downtown report, caring meters, downtown value discount card, photo attraction (big red numbers), façade program, farmers’ market, picnic tables on Victoria Row, Winterdine, sponsorship of more than 20 events annually and $20,000 in downtown marketing.
“The feedback we get from members indicates these programs, and more like them, are invaluable in building on the success already achieved over the past 12 years. DCI needs an increase in our current level of levy funding to fund these activities.’’
Council passed a resolution approving the request by a unanimous vote.
