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All businesses operating in the Downtown Parking and Business Improvement Area (DPBIA) area are subject to an additional license tax and must complete a DPBIA Tax Application along with the Business License application. Visit the City of Chico's website for more information.
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This is the mother-lode of downtown information. Highly recommended that one peruse the article titles. There is something here for everyone.
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The key to the CoolTown Program is to combine a great vision with the financial capacity to implement it. That means letting the people who will live/work in the community design it, and finding investors who will finance it.
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Project for Public Spaces (PPS) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping people create and sustain public places that build communities.
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CAN's mission is to protect and promote: (1) the influence, accountability, and effectiveness of California nonprofits in a manner that builds their capacity to accomplish their missions and (2) the visibility, idealism, and value of nonprofits in California.
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The California Downtown Association represents thousands of diversified businesses throughout California within its network of downtown associations, cities, chambers of commerce, business districts, supportive vendors and consultants. CDA's primary purpose is to exchange information pertinent to business districts and to formulate solutions to mutually shared problems.
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The International Downtown Association is a world leader of and champion for vital and livable urban centers. Through its network of committed individuals, its rich body of knowledge, and its unique capacity to nurture community-building partnerships, IDA is a guiding force in creating healthy and dynamic centers that anchor the well being of towns, cities and regions of the world.
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The Chico Certified Farmer's Market, held year-round on Saturday's at 2nd and Wall Streets. For information about this market, contact it's organizers through their Web site.
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This summer, PPS brought together experts from across the U.S. in a frank discussion about what the future holds for public markets. With the markets renaissance going strong for more than twenty years, we asked, "What's left for the markets movement to accomplish?" In a word, our panelists unanimously responded: "Plenty."
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