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WESTERN SLOPE REINVESTMENT POST COVID-19 WORKSHOP
D U R A N G O B U S I N E S S I M P R O V E M E N T D I S T R I C T
M A I N A V E B U M P - O U T S 1) Focus groups with restaurants and retail 2) Balance between more space for some businesses, parking, emergency access, deliveries, offices, etc 3) Created Bump Outs for Businesses Program 4) ID’ed 30 businesses that could benefit 5) Reduced Main Ave from 4 lanes to 3 lanes 6) Traded 50 parking spaces for 11,000 new square feet for businesses 7) City of Durango and CDOT made it happen 8) Set up new space last Friday 9) Businesses apply to City to use the space, and to State for liquor license change 10) Some activated right away, most coming online this week 11) Pushback from long-tenured businesses 12) Constant evaluation – already eliminated one bump out
WESTERN SLOPE REINVESTMENT POST COVID-19 WORKSHOP
D U R A N G O B U S I N E S S I M P R O V E M E N T D I S T R I C T
S H A R E T H E L O V E O N L I N E S T O R E 1) Used online auction site to function as an online store for businesses 2) Businesses not asked to donate, but to put items up for sale 3) Lots of marketing 4) Sold $102,000 worth of goods and services, at a time when most businesses could not be open 5) Lots of work on back end to send the funds to the business, and the buyer info, and getting the business to contact the buyer to make arrangements to get their item to them.
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