Business Improvement Districts

Accendo^®'s mapping platform enables users to effectively visualize critical information on the district's map, thereby providing the definitive solution to the daily challenges faced by the management of Business Improvement Districts (BID).

This unique mapping platform provides specific benefits to Business Improvement Districts.

System benefits and cost savings:

Identify hazardous incident trends and mitigate potential problems at the earliest possible stage.
Improve budget spending by allocating security and maintenance dollars where and when they are most needed.
Share the results of all systemic improvements with relevant BID members, thereby facilitating BID renewal and the availability of funds for existing and future projects.
Achieve substantial cost reduction when printing maps; no more oversized maps to print since all information is computerized and available anytime.
Provide a cleaner and safer environment, thus improving business in your district.

Management of information via the BID parcels map

Traditional GIS information, as well as customized information, may be quickly retrieved using the Accendo platform. Searching through the few Web sites offered by the city or county, which are often slow and difficult to navigate, is no longer required. Additionally, users have the freedom to:

Decide which information should be stored in a parcel.
Change the layout of parcels (i.e., splitting a parcel into multiple sub-parcels or combining a number of parcels into one)
Analyze parcel information and display the color-coded results, thus allowing for easy interpretation by other users

Identify dangerous incident and crime trends on street maps

While the levels of crime and incident management vary from one BID to the next, all experience disturbances that must be reduced. For example, many districts are trying to fight the growing graffiti problem and variety of vandalism incidents. The Accendo platform, with its Incident Report Module, offers the flexibility required to accommodate any level of data gathering and incident analysis. Entries may be:

Entered directly onto the map at the exact location the incident(s) occurred, along with any pertinent information
Integrated with the crime statistics of the local police department and displayed over the BID's map
Used to identify hazardous trends based on location, hour, day, month and any other criteria

Significantly improve the efficient handling of property maintenance

The Accendo platform allows the storage of any type of asset, including trash bins, street lights, live cameras, outdoor furniture, trees, parking, etc. There is no limit to the number of assets the BID can track or to the information associated with each tracked asset. Capabilities of the Accendo Custom Assets Module and the Issue Management Module include:

Quickly identifying the best camera that covers a specified area
Noting trees that need trimming and adding these to the Accendo automated notification system [show me ]
Identifying street lights in need of repair
Monitoring the parking lots in and around the BID as to the number of spaces for each lot

Enhanced printing capabilities and event planning for a variety of marketing initiatives:

Using unique vector graphic technology, Accendo facilitates the quick navigation through detailed graphical information. Any map or drawing may be printed regardless of size and at the highest resolution possible. [sample ]
Specific distances and areas may be measured when planning events. [show me ]
Layout elements may be added to a map and printed in detail for use with various marketing initiatives.

Manage vendor licenses and certificates (news racks)

The amount and variety of news racks within each BID presents a special challenge. While some news racks are of good quality, others do not encourage the type of business climate that the BID may want to promote. To encourage fair business practices and dignified BID representation, Accendo can monitor the location, vendor and licenses of each news rack.

Each news rack within the BID may be identified by location, vendor and appropriate license.
The BID will be alerted when a license is terminated or is about to expire.
Using issue tracking, alerts may be sent via email to news rack vendors when repair or replacement is needed.
An appropriate distance between news racks and other businesses may be ensured.

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