New NoMA BID Pres Takes the Reins

WASHINGTON, DC-The NoMA Business Improvement District ‘s newly appointed president Elizabeth Price will make securing city funding for infrastructure improvements her first order of business when she officially begins next week. NoMA BID is also launching a “clean and safe” program this October, employing street sweepers and hiring uniformed guards to make the area more livable and secure.

The funding for that initiative is coming from BID’s own coffers. According to an earlier interview with Charles Wilkes, chairman of local development firm the Wilkes Co. and vice chairman of the NoMA BID, that project will take up a big chunk of the BID’s $1.2-million 2008 fiscal year budget.

Price, though, must negotiate with the city for the street improvements, which in total are expected to be $12 million. But her background has prepared her for the task.