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Mission Statement
The mission statement of the Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Area is to promote Downtown New Westminster as the preferred place to work, shop, do business, live, visit and enjoy.
BIA Benefits
The Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Area (BIA) represents the interests of over 150 property owners and the 500 business located from the waterfront up to Royal Avenue, and from the Patullo Bridge to 10th Street.
The BIA provides many benefits and enables property owners and businesses to work together on an ongoing basis as a non-profit society whose mandate it to assist in the revitalization and promotion of the Downtown.
A Planned Approach to Progess
As a group, we realize that growth and redevelopment need to be carefully planned in order to promote and maintain downtown as a vital business and retail environment and to increase the area's share of the regional market.
Goals
As a self-help organization funded by Downtown Property Owners and Businesses, the goals of the Downtown New Westminster Business Improvement Society include:
- Continue to promote Downtown New Westminster through special events, attractions, promotions, and marketing initiatives.
- Continue to utilize the Fraser River and our City's history as a focus for increasing the number of people, activity, and development to the Downtown area.
- Continue to work with downtown businesses and property owners, the City, Police Department and social groups to make Downtown New Westminster a safe and vibrant place to work, visit, live and shop.
- Assist with the recruitment and attraction of new businesses and development to the Downtown and assist with the retention of existing businesses.
- Continue to encourage and facilitate pro-active planning and adequate zoning and design guidelines new and existing which would help with the development in the Downtown and to promote mobility, safety, and beautification.
- Provide leadership and communicate matters of concern to our members, to government officials, and to the public.
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