In the formation of this proposal, the Steering Committee gathered a series of quotes for a variety of services indicated in our Needs Assessment Survey. These quotes were used to determine the BID’s maximum budget, but they are not a projected or planned budget by any means.

In other words, there is no budget (yet)!

The purpose of a BID is to implement its core services to suit the needs of its community, which is why the line-by-line budget is not set in the proposal, but approved each year by the nonprofit’s Staff and Board of Directors (which is elected by everyone in the membership).

what’s in the budget?

However, to give a sense of how this BID might operate, we have included details about this hypothetical budget which was consulted to form the proposal.

Below is the detailed scope of services which informed this hypothetical budget.

Sanitation

  • 19-member clean team (street cleaning, garbage can emptying)

  • Budget to power wash each block once per year

  • Truck for transporting garbage

  • New DSNY trash container installation

  • Repainting all street fixtures and furniture

Parks

  • 4 sanitation workers

  • 1 supervisor

  • 2 gardeners

  • 1 PEP officer

  • Gardening and parks care materials

Streetscape Improvements

  • Mulching, weeding, cultivating every street tree bed in district

  • New guards on every tree bed

  • Installing 170 new planters

  • Seasonal plantings in planters, constant watering

  • Gardening and parks care materials

  • Neighborhood banners

  • $50k a year for capital improvements (sidewalk repair, planting etc.)

administration

  • One executive director

  • One director of operations

  • Office rental, insurance, storage, etc.

outreach, communication

  • Full-time outreach coordinator, keeping the BID in touch with locals and small businesses.

marketing, events, lights

  • Holiday lights along Bedford and Grand

  • Public events (shop small, cultural events, music)

  • Sponsorship of small business’ events

  • District marketing (interactive map, dining guides, etc)

public safety

  • No specific program quoted, just a rough estimate of what might be needed depending on community request.

other services

  • Contingency, advocacy, reports/studies if necessary