WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Some Anacostia businesses face new tax for new services
Editorial Staff Writer
October 2, 2009
With the D.C. Council poised to set up a business improvement district in historic Anacostia, many business owners there are unaware of the latest effort to boost one of the city's poorest and most underdeveloped sectors.
The BID would tax commercial and retail properties on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Anacostia Drive, Shannon Place, and Howard and Good Hope roads.
Property owners on those streets would pay 21 cents for every $100 of the property's assessed value to market the district and hire crews make the area a cleaner, more welcoming place to shop and do business.
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