Since 2010 it has been a Business Improvement District, one of 18 in operation across Scotland.
According to the Dorchester Business Improvement District, the cottage was built by Hardy's great-grandfather in 1800.
The future of Hull Business Improvement District is to be decided by ballot.
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The Port Authority is leasing the space to the business improvement district for free, and will maintain it, officials said.
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More than two thirds of firms in the area voted in favour of a Business Improvement District (BID) earlier this year.
Shop owners in the Chapel Street area said that Hull Business Improvement District (BID) had neglected them, despite firms being forced to fund the organisation.
"It's not a case of the businesses saying here we are, come in, " explains Debra Clapham, a local solicitor who is chair of Clarkston Business Improvement District.
Grand Street has lost furniture and clothing stores, among others, in the past six years, according to Artineh Havan, executive director of the Grand Street Business Improvement District.
Then Ms. Resler, 32 years old, and Ms. Kavanagh, 24, met Sion Misrahi, a Lower East Side real-estate deal maker and founder of the neighborhood's Business Improvement District.
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Mike Meehan, vice-chairman of Nottingham Pub and Club Watch, said his members already contribute to the Business Improvement District (BID) and should not have to pay any more.
The number of people shopping in the town each year has fallen from 21 million in 2005 to 14 million in 2010, according to Bournemouth Business Improvement District (Bid).
Traders from Worcester Business Improvement District (BID) fear coverage of the floods has given the impression Worcester is closed, but said its flood defences had "not been put under any real pressure".
Chris Slocock, of the Wimborne Business Improvement District, said businesses had suffered from disruption during work on The Square and the Canford Bottom roundabout, but said he hoped some sort of event could still happen.
One of its main commercial thoroughfares, Forest Avenue, is home to the borough's only Business Improvement District a group of property owners who share expenses to pay for such services as cleaning, graffiti removal and holiday lighting.
His latest passion is for establishing a business-improvement district and a system of self-imposed taxation for street cleaning and security.
Gerry Widdicombe, the downtown business-improvement district's economic-development director, predicts that given current trends, the downtown and surrounding area will be built out in 12 to 15 years.
And the active Business Improvement Districts in developing places such as the meatpacking district have transformed those areas.
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