Community Improvement Districts
Community Improvement Districts (CIDs)
Community Improvement Districts are self-funded districts where eligible commercial property owners invest in projects and services that enhance the district and support long-term economic vitality.
According to the Council for Quality Growth :
“Community Improvement Districts (CIDs) have emerged as significant centers of influence in the Metro Atlanta region. By utilizing self-imposed tax revenues from commercial businesses within their districts they are dramatically changing their communities in many ways… CIDs are enhancing the urban and suburban landscape…”
Council for Quality Growth (Council, 2014)“Among other things, CIDs leverage private dollars to create public ventures… improve the quality of life in their districts and dramatically strengthen their tax base…”
Council for Quality Growth (Council, 2014)Eligible Services and Facilities
Community Improvement Districts have been established across the City of Atlanta for the provision, acceleration, supplementation, or enhancement of the following governmental services and facilities:
- Construction and maintenance of city streets
- Parks and recreational areas and facilities
- Stormwater and sewage systems
- Development, storage, treatment, purification and distribution of water
- Public transportation
- Terminal and dock facilities and parking facilities
- Such other services and facilities as may be provided for by general law
A community improvement district is intended to provide a means to address needs for the above governmental services and
facilities as may be necessary in high-growth, high-intensity, nonresidential areas.
Atlanta Municipal Code, Part 1, Chapter 3, Article II.
To view legislation related to CIDs within the City of Atlanta, visit the Final Action legislation page .
Approved CIDs in the City of Atlanta
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