DEPARTMENT: World Heritage Office
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Colleen Swain
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-wide
SUBJECT:
World Heritage Area Legacy Business Grant Pilot Program
SUMMARY:
An Ordinance authorizing a World Heritage Area Legacy Business Grant Pilot Program for eligible businesses within the World Heritage Buffer Zone, or within a two mile radius of Missions Concepcion, San Jose, San Juan, or Espada, which will be funded out of the Inner City Incentive Fund.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The World Heritage Office is responsible for implementing, coordinating and managing a work plan developed with community input, 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 launched a city-wide Legacy Business Registry Program as part of the ScoutSA initiative. The program acknowledges 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 authentic identity of San Antonio. In return for acknowledgement as a Legacy Business, businesses agree to perpetuate the business, its historic name and the historic service it provides. In addition to being listed online, in print, and receiving a window decal, registered businesses will receive marketing and promotional opportunities. The Legacy Business Registry is open to businesses city-wide and is administered by the Office of Histori...
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