On Wednesday afternoon, senior Trump campaign officials offered reporters a tour through a mock-up storefront it built inside its campaign headquarters in Arlington, Va.
Hoodies bearing the slogan "WOKE" were on display for sale in the mock community center. A large television screen played a stream of testimonials from black voters talking about why they supported Mr. Trump. Posters featuring smiling African-American supporters highlighted the administration's work overhauling the criminal justice system , its funding of historically black colleges and universities, and the country's unemployment rate, the lowest in 50 years.
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Blighted Storefront in Selden Demolished by Brookhaven Town | LongIsland.com
A blighted property in Selden was demolished by the Town of Brookhaven recently after receiving numerous complaints from residents. The dilapidated storefront at 23 North Evergreen Drive had been vacant for years and was also subject to a number of building code violations.
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According to a statement from the town, the building was demolished in accordance with a town code that provides a “fast track” to rid the community of unsafe structures. The town puts a lien on the property to recover the cost of the demolition that is then put on the owner’s tax bill. Suffolk County reimburses the town and then they collect the money from the property owner.
March 2020 Election Guide: Prop D | San Francisco Public Press
Proposition D is Supervisor Aaron Peskin's response to empty storefronts around the city: a vacancy tax. The assumption is that at least one reason storefronts stay empty is because landlords are holding out for a tenant who can pay high rent. To discourage that, Proposition D would tax landlords of commercial property, in named neighborhood commercial districts, at a rate based on how big the storefront is and how long it's been empty.
The tax would go into effect in 2021, and start at $250 per foot of street-facing storefront. The rate doubles every consecutive year that the space is kept empty until 2023. So if a space stayed vacant from 2021 through 2023, the owner would be taxed $1,000 per storefront foot that year.
Rash of Windows Struck by BB Gun Fire Are Likely Related, Officials Say | County 17
Yesterday, GPD was contact by an employee of Big O Tires around noon. The employee had called to report that they had found a BB-size hole in a storefront window earlier that morning. Although the hole was small in size, the entire window needed to be replaced, the employee told police. According to the employee, the new window cost exactly $606, Wasson said.
Security State Bank also reported a similar incident yesterday in which a small shot was fired through a storefront window at their Gillette branch location. A bank employee told County 17 that the exact cost of the damage had yet to be determined.
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San Francisco Voting Whether to Tax Landlords for Empty Storefronts - WSJ
San Francisco will put to vote next Tuesday a punitive new approach to ending the blight of empty storefronts.
SF legislation takes aim at empty storefronts by streamlining permits - SFChronicle.com
Supervisor Aaron Peskin plans to introduce legislation Tuesday that aims to speed up San Francisco’s process for issuing conditional use permits, a factor cited by many businesses as a reason for delays in opening shop and a potential contributor to the number of empty storefronts in the otherwise prosperous city.
Peskin’s legislation aims to expedite the time it takes to get a hearing date with the Planning Department after a business applies for a conditional use permit to 90 days. The average time the city takes to process conditional use permits can take months, sometimes nearly a full year. Many businesses are still on the hook to pay rent to a landlord during that time, adding considerable cost to opening a new business in the city.
Akron Launches Rubber City Match to Support Entrepreneurs, Fill Storefronts | WKSU
At his state of the city address Wednesday, Akron Mayor Dan Horrigan will announce a new program to help entrepreneurs launch or expand their businesses while filling vacant storefronts in 10 of the city's small business districts.
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Akron's Rubber City Match program is designed to help entrepreneurs launch or expand their businesses while filling vacant storefronts with small businesses in 10 of the city's small business districts.
Toronto's storefront businesses are getting a raw deal from the city's construction boom.
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That’s the amount Le Select Bistro’s property tax bill increased between 2007 and 2020. Businesses in many growing areas of Toronto have seen similar increases due to reassessments, even as they deal with construction.
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