Parking & Business Improvement Area Board
The PBIA Board was created by the Olympia City Council in January, 2006 with the adoption of Ordinance No. 6375 establishing the Parking and Business Improvement Area (PBIA) for downtown Olympia.
The Board's purpose is two-fold:
- Develop an annual recommendation for Council consideration about how to invest the PBIA Fund, with specific projects and budgets; and
- Prepare a plan for regular communication of PBIA projects and information to ratepayers.
Board members are elected annually by the PBIA ratepayers.
Read our brochure (pdf file) to learn more about the Olympia PBIA.
View a Google map of the downtown Olympia art benches sponsored by the PBIA. Thank you to PBIA members David Rauh of radio station Mixx-96 and Matthias Eischler owner of downtown Olympia lifestyle product store Einmaleins for creating and maintaining the map.
Staff Liaison
The City contracts with the Olympia Downtown Association to provide administrative staff assistance to the PBIA Board; phone: 360.357.8948.
In addition, Ruthie Snyder, from Olympia's Community Planning & Development Department, is a liaison from City administration; phone: 360.507.0436.