South Park Bid: Fostering Growth

This story was originally posted in South Park Bid’s Community Matter’s Monthly Newsletter

South Park’s corner of Downtown is comprised of only 52 blocks, but many argue they’re the most significant per acre in all of downtown Los Angeles.

Home to LA Live, the Los Angeles Convention Center, Crypto.com Arena, The Grammy Museum, California Hospital, glitzy new hotels, and a growing residential population with no end in sight, even stalled projects, like the Oceanwide Plaza, have become world renowned because of their presence amidst South Park’s glass towers, performance houses and live broadcasts of iconic awards shows.

In addition to thousands of residents, South Park welcomes millions of visitors for everything from LA Comic Con to Los Angeles Lakers games and Herbalife Conventions.

Downtown has many distinct neighborhoods – the Arts District, Fashion District, Historic Core – but the neighborhood that consistently ranks the highest for cleanliness and safety is South Park. Maintaining that quality is something the South Park Business Improvement District pours a lot of resources into. The South Park BID employs nearly 30 Ambassadors, responsible for maintaining the public realm and patrolling the district 7 days a week, to provide a respite that is unique in Downtown.

The South Park BID continues to expand its talented team, and the newest member of the team might be their best find. He certainly threatens to be the most popular member of the team with kids and grownups alike. And he is uniquely qualified to lead a new campaign encouraging residents and visitors to be responsible pet owners and scoop the poop!

The South Park BID, led by Nolan Marshall III, who moved to Los Angeles 18 months ago after serving as the CEO of Downtown Vancouver in British Columbia, is the first district Marshall is aware of that has chosen to formally adopt their newest employee. “We found this gangly mutt near Pico and Olive, and after putting up signs in local businesses and coffee shops, we decided as a team that we should consider cleaning him up and adopting the big guy!”

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