The DC BID Council drives collaboration among DC’s 12 Business Improvement Districts to support thriving neighborhoods and a vibrant and inclusive city.
What is a BID?
Business Improvement Districts are private-public partnerships that provide enhanced services in commercial and mixed-use neighborhoods. Funded by property owners, BIDs focus on place management in collaborative, innovative, and nimble ways.
About the DC BID Council
The DC BID Council is the association of DC’s 12 Business Improvement Districts. We work collaboratively to address issues that cut across BID boundaries and to foster a vibrant and healthy city and thriving neighborhood economies.
DC BIDs
Comprise 8% of DC’s land area
Are home to 65% of the city’s jobs
Serve areas that generate 37% of the city’s gross local tax revenue
Improving the Public Realm
BID teams clean …
134 miles
of sidewalks
61 acres
of parks
and remove 11,000 tons of litter annually
Beyond the Numbers
PARKS & THE PUBLIC REALM
PUBLIC ART
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY BUILDING
HOMELESS OUTREACH & SUPPORT
MOBILITY & TRANSPORTATION
