NoHo BID Launches

It was all smiles Monday morning as Councilmember Tom LaBonge joined property owners, CRA officials and others to unveil the new headquarters on Lankershim Boulevard for the NoHo Business Improvement District.

The NoHo BID Clean & Safety Team, who was on hand yesterday for the morning press conference, will be responsible for keeping the business district on Lankershim looking clean and graffiti-free. The impetus is to make the NoHo Arts District more attractive to patrons, residents, visitors and employees in this fast-changing community of North Hollywood nearest the Red Line station.

"There's been a desire to have NoHo BID for some time and finally we're there," said Councilmember LaBonge. "Credit goes to a good number of people who got enough property owners to organize and make it happen. Thanks to their efforts with the support of the CRA and others, we have a BID and they are eager to get to work."

The BID is a 40-block area that includes Lankershim Boulevard between Burbank Boulevard and Riverside Drive and Magnolia Boulevard from Vineland Avenue to Tujunga Avenue. It is a three-year BID with an annual assessment budget of $158,574 and an annual contribution from MTA/Prop. C funds until the end of the first term.