洛杉矶启动「空铺焕新」 市中心空置十年店面迎来首间画廊
洛杉矶市长办公室10月2日启动全市首个「Vacant to Vibrant」（空铺焕新）计划，把市中心长期空置的店面改造成小企业。启动当天，艺术家Charlie Alston签约在历史核心区一间空置十年的店面开设画廊，成为计划的首个租约。
市府先期投入50万美元社区发展拨款，由市中心商业协会旗下非盈利机构「Downtown Works」负责对接业主与小商家，并补贴开办与租赁初期成本。市府指出，市中心只占全市1%的土地，却住着9万多名居民、贡献全市三成收入，盘活空铺对市中心复兴至关重要。
Los Angeles Launches Vacant to Vibrant to Turn Empty Downtown Storefronts Into Small Businesses
Los Angeles launched its first Vacant to Vibrant program on October 2, aiming to turn long-empty downtown storefronts into small businesses. At the launch, artist Charlie Alston signed a lease for a new gallery in the Historic Core, in a storefront that had sat closed for a decade.
The city is putting an initial $500,000 in federal community development funds behind the program, administered by the nonprofit Downtown Works, which matches property owners with small businesses and helps cover start-up and leasing costs. City officials note that downtown is just 1 percent of the city's land but home to more than 90,000 residents and generates 30 percent of city revenue.
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