DEPARTMENT: Office of Historic Preservation and World Heritage Office
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Shanon Miller and Colleen Swain
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-wide
SUBJECT:
City-wide Legacy Business Registry and World Heritage Area Legacy Business Grant Pilot Program
SUMMARY:
City Staff will provide an overview of the City-wide Legacy Business Registry Program and the World Heritage Area Legacy Business Grant Pilot Program proposed for eligible businesses within the World Heritage Buffer Zone or within a two mile radius of Missions Concepcion, San Jose, San Juan or Espada.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
World Heritage designation for the five San Antonio Missions will increase visitation and tourism spending, promote the history and culture of San Antonio, and create jobs and small business opportunities. In order to prepare for this increased activity and to maximize benefits, input from the community was used to prepare the World Heritage Work Plan. The World Heritage Office is responsible for implementing, coordinating and managing this work plan, which identifies specific tasks and deliverables for the following categories: management and oversight, infrastructure, wayfinding, transportation, beautification, economic development, land use, and marketing and outreach.
The Office of Historic Preservation and World Heritage Office have collaborated on several work plan tasks and most recently have been working to develop a program to recognize, support and provide tools to legacy businesses.
The Office of Historic Preservation will launch a city-wide Legacy Business Registry Program as part of the ScoutSA initiative. The program will acknowledge long-lived San Antonio businesses as an important historic asset to the city and work to preserve the city's Legacy Businesses through a campaign that identifies, promotes, and markets the businesses. To qualify for the registry, businesses must be 20 years or older and contribute to the history, culture, and a...
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