Community Improvement Districts in Georgia Administrators' Views on Their Effectiveness, Performance, and Accountability

• Published in: Public performance & management review Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 203 - 215
• Main Authors: Ewoh, Andrew I. E., Rome, Kristin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Routledge 01.12.2012; M. E. Sharpe, Inc; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Accountability; Business; Business improvement districts; Citizen participation; Collaboration; community improvement districts; economic development; Educational improvement; Georgia; Government and politics; Jurisdiction; Local government; Metropolitan areas; Money raising campaigns; Partnership; Property ownership; Public policy; Public private partnerships; Public-private sector cooperation; Stakeholders; Studies; Surveys; SYMPOSIUM: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS; University administration; United States > US; Georgia
• ISSN: 1530-9576; 1557-9271
• DOI: 10.2753/PMR1530-9576360202

Since the early 1990s, Georgia has been a leading participant in public-private partnerships, as exemplified by its many community improvement districts (CIDs). The goals and uses of CIDs vary, but commonly include fundraising, maintaining aesthetically pleasing business environments, controlling traffic flow, and infrastructural improvements. A survey research method was used to examine the effectiveness, performance, and accountability of CIDs in Georgia as perceived by their leaders. Lack of citizen participation was found to be a major problem of CID governance; this has serious public policy implications that can only be remedied by demands for inclusion by residents.