Full Speed Ahead.
In March 2009, the Gallup City Council passed the Gallup Business Improvement District (BID) Ordinance 2009-1 (the "BID Ordinance"), which established a special assessment district that includes more than 35 blocks at the heart of Historic Downtown Gallup .
Establishing the BID now provides a private-sector driven improvement and reinvestment program for downtown. Funding for the BID comes from a special assessment on business and commercial property owners within the BID boundaries. The funding collected will be matched by the City of Gallup dollar to dollar. All funding will be contracted to the newly formed Gallup BID, Inc., a non-profit organization.
Gallup BID, Inc., is governed by a nine-member board of directors appointed by the mayor of Gallup. Initial board members include Bill Keeler, Mary Jean Christensen, Steve Gurley, Mickey Menapace, James Rich, Archie Baca, Mike Enfield, Gerald Herrera, and Judi Starkovich.
This group will be responsible for working in close conjunction with individual business owners and property owners throughout the BID to identify needed improvements and investments. A business plan was developed by Joyce Planning & Development and adopted by the BID Board, which highlights the need, the advantages, a management plan, and an initial list of potential improvements and investments.
The Gallup BID will provide improvements and services to commercial properties located within the central business district of Historic Downtown Gallup. BID services enhance but do not replace basic City services. The City of Gallup has issued the first assessment to each property owner in the amount of 1% of the assessed value for each property under the 2006 real property tax assessment as shown by the assessment of each property done by the McKinley County Assessor's Office.
Property owners should have received a bill of scheduled assessment, which can be processed at the City Clerk’s office. Assesments are due by the end of October 2009. For more informationto arrange payments please contact: Alfred Abeita at (505) 863-1254
The BID Board is eager to move ahead with this innovative program to improve the heart of Gallup, NM. For more information or copies of the BID Ordinance and BID Business Plan, go to the Business Plan page in header links above or Click Here for BID At-A-Glance.
Establishing the BID now provides a private-sector driven improvement and reinvestment program for downtown. Funding for the BID comes from a special assessment on business and commercial property owners within the BID boundaries. The funding collected will be matched by the City of Gallup dollar to dollar. All funding will be contracted to the newly formed Gallup BID, Inc., a non-profit organization.
Gallup BID, Inc., is governed by a nine-member board of directors appointed by the mayor of Gallup. Initial board members include Bill Keeler, Mary Jean Christensen, Steve Gurley, Mickey Menapace, James Rich, Archie Baca, Mike Enfield, Gerald Herrera, and Judi Starkovich.
This group will be responsible for working in close conjunction with individual business owners and property owners throughout the BID to identify needed improvements and investments. A business plan was developed by Joyce Planning & Development and adopted by the BID Board, which highlights the need, the advantages, a management plan, and an initial list of potential improvements and investments.
The Gallup BID will provide improvements and services to commercial properties located within the central business district of Historic Downtown Gallup. BID services enhance but do not replace basic City services. The City of Gallup has issued the first assessment to each property owner in the amount of 1% of the assessed value for each property under the 2006 real property tax assessment as shown by the assessment of each property done by the McKinley County Assessor's Office.
Property owners should have received a bill of scheduled assessment, which can be processed at the City Clerk’s office. Assesments are due by the end of October 2009. For more informationto arrange payments please contact: Alfred Abeita at (505) 863-1254
The BID Board is eager to move ahead with this innovative program to improve the heart of Gallup, NM. For more information or copies of the BID Ordinance and BID Business Plan, go to the Business Plan page in header links above or Click Here for BID At-A-Glance.