Business improvement districts (BIDs) are areas where local businesses have established a local association and work with the council to make their area successful.
In Manukau there are 13 business improvement districts covering town centres, industrial areas and neighbourhood shopping areas. They range in size from 30 to more than 1500 businesses.
Business improvement districts receive additional council funding generated through targeted rates, and support for programmes and activities to promote economic development in their area. It means funding is spent directly in the area it is collected from.
Read more about business improvement districts in our 
brochure (PDF 504kb).
Initiatives include:
- Security and maintenance
- Graffiti control
- Beautification projects
- Events and tourism initiatives
- Marketing and promotional activity
- Business recruiting
- Signage
- Retail improvements
- Employment of a coordinator.
Developing BID areas is a key part of town centre revitalisation in Manukau.
Where are the business improvement districts?
- Mangere Bridge town centre
- Howick town centre
- Otara town centre
- Mahunga Drive
- Old Papatoetoe
- Hunters Corner
- Mangere East Village
- Dawson Road
- Manurewa
- Wiri
- Manukau central
- Mangere town centre
- Greater East Tamaki Business Association (GETBA).
Manukau City Council aims to establish more business improvements each year.
Policy
Council provides baseline services to each district. Read about these services and other BID documents.
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