Silverdale BID gets majority approval

Silverdale is to get its own Business Improvement District (BID), following a ballot process that concluded last week when voting closed.

Business and project manager for Silverdale Business, Tasha Gummer, says the voting showed majority support for the establishment for a BID and although Gummer says it was close, it met the threshold required by Auckland Council. The actual voting figures will be made public.

BIDS are a partnership between a business association and Council and aim to facilitate improvements and support business growth, funded by a targeted rate on all businesses within a defined area. The other local BID is Destination Ōrewa Beach.

Forming a BID is a strictly regulated process: a successful ballot requires at least 25 percent of all ballot papers to be returned, and of those, a minimum of 51 percent of votes must be in favour of a BID. All businesses within a proposed BID area can vote.

The new BID will encompass Silverdale Village, the industrial area, Silverdale Centre, the businesses at the entrance to Silverdale (including Kings Plant Barn, Snowplanet, The Botanic and Pak ‘n Save) as well as Highgate and Millwater – as per the map pictured.

The Silverdale BID is not officially an entity until it has been approved by the Hibiscus & Bays Local Board, which is expected to be at its May 23 meeting.

The targeted rate will not be struck until July 1. Silverdale Business Association chair, Theo

Simeonidis, says that with the BID funding available, the association will vigorously advance and promote the interests of all the Silverdale business precincts. w Backstories www.localmatters.co.nz

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