The Business Improvement District (BID) project for Darlington town centre continues to move forward. The project is being driven by the BID Task Group, which includes representatives of all business sectors across the town centre.
The first formal stage of the consultation process, the Business Improvement Survey, took place over July and August. This survey enabled town centre businesses to say what was important to them, and what sort of projects could help improve their business. Over 160 responses were received, which was over 15% higher than the average BID survey response rate.
Following the survey, a series of business meetings were held, in September and October, where close to 100 businesses came along to hear more about the BID, and to give their views on what improvement projects would help their business and what could be put into the forthcoming Business Plan.
Details of the project priorities that came out of the business meetings, together with details of what happens next in the BID process will be included in the November edition of the newsletter ‘BID News’, which town centre businesses will be receiving a copy of soon.
For further details on the BID project please visit
www.distinctdarlington.co.uk
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