Talk of the Point

One Redondo Beach neighborhood known as Riviera Village has had a business improvement district for a year and a half, and by one account in today’s Daily Breeze it’s getting lukewarm reviews.

Riviera Village sounds similar to the Point: It’s been neglected by the city, it has an ecclectic mix of businesses, and volunteers have tried various attempts over the years to give it a boost.

The district has still not won over the skeptics. “‘They’re putting icing on the muffin, and it really should be a cake,’” says one representative of an art gallery. “‘All this BID has done is taken the city off the hook.’”

Perhaps a year and a half is too short a time to judge results. Public perception and the buying habits that follow change with the speed of rock formations. But if the Point’s district passes, this is probably the kind of story we’ll see here. Today’s skeptics will express the same doubts and we’ll have the same inconclusive results.

Read the article here.

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