About the Central Market Community Benefit District:
From the 1930s to 1970s, Central Market was the bustling center of commerce
and public life in San Francisco. With restaurants and theaters, including the popular Paramount and Fox theaters, the Central Market area was the entertainment center of the Bay Area. Market Street was nicknamed The Great White Way in honor of the neon signs lining the corridor. Remnants of the neighborhood's colorful past can still be found along Market Street.
Following twenty-five years of economic decline, the Central Market Community
Benefit District (CMCBD) was established to improve the mixed-use district and is striving to make the neighborhood a cleaner, safer, and more inviting place to be for residents, workers, merchants, and visitors.
The Central Market CBD hit the streets in mid 2007 to gather feedback
from the Central Market community on neighborhood issues such as public
safety, cleanliness, quality of life, and neighborhood offerings.
The CBD, through Urban Ecology, conducted an extensive survey to
better understand the scope of services desired by residents,
employees, and visitors. On-site surveys were also conducted as part of
the strategy to gather feedback from those that might be harder to
reach on the street such as area residents, social service program
participants, homeless individuals, and office employees.
These
results are an important tool for the CBD as this crucial information
will be used to craft strategy and future programs. The survey results
give the CBD the "voice" to speak for the district while also creating
a relationship between the CBD and the district's constituencies.
Furthermore, this information will act as a baseline of data that can
be used to help measure the success and effectiveness of future
services and programs.
You can still participate in the survey
and let the Central Market CBD know your likes, dislikes, concerns and
other comments about the neighborhood.
A link to the survey can be found here.
