So, welcome. Great. Thank you very much. We have Public Comment on item number 6 . Seeing none, any other commissioner comments . Well, great, welcome, benjamin, and good luck. Well hear from you in the future. Next item, please. Item 7, presentation and discussion from mobile retail and Services Operators about their business and reasons for pursuing a mobile business platform. This is a discussion item. And we have with us several mobile retail operators that will each provide a presentation about their individual business. So, before you start, commissioners, since were getting close to in the next month and a half to two months finalizing our mobile retail permit program, you havent had an opportunity yet to meet some of the folks that weve been meeting with and work erg with on the mobile retail side ~. A the Small Business commission, and these are some of the our newest innovative Small Businesses, i thought it would be important before we get down to the wire of approving the p
Presentation by benjamin van houten, project manager, nightlife entertainment sector. Good afternoon, members of the commission. Thank you for allowing me to speak today and thank you to regina for inviting me. I want to briefly introduce myself and my role in the office of economic and Workforce Development. My name is ben van houten, project manager for nightlife and entertainment oed. That is a new position as a result of a multiyear conversation, stakeholders in the nightlife entertainment has been having for greater connection to city hall and City Services. Obviously the comptrollers study last year about the value of nightlife to the city, a 4 billion industry and that doesnt even take into account the big outdoor daytime festivals. 4 billion, 48,000 employees in the city, and its also an industry that has some of the most complex regulatory hurdles to starting a business and a lot of touch with various city agencies to keep one of these businesses going and successful. So, give
Holiday ad for my brick and mortar store. Facebook, media, tums abler, printer, makes really great cross promotion and i believe that our trucks could ~ our followers could end up spilling over into neighborhoods they generally dont shop in because were there. So, it could mean increased foot traffic for everyone. And i would like to just do this [speaker not understood] about mobile retail because ive attended some Different Community meetings and theres a lot of people that think that theres no little to no cost associated with doing business this way. And thats definitely false. Theres many different kinds of insurance we have to get. Theres general liability insurance, insurance to cover our goods, storage fees. Since were kind of limited to large events right now, theres lots of vendor fees. Great events cost a lot. I did treasure land festival. It was an expensive event for me to attend, not to mention the purchase of the truck, remodel of the truck, painting of the truck, everyt
Of the our newest innovative Small Businesses, i thought it would be important before we get down to the wire of approving the program that the office is creating that you have an opportunity to meet the businesses that weve been working with. Great. Welcome. Hello, thanks for having us. My name is christina and im the owner of top shelf boutique. Christina, can you bring it down . As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, im going to show you a short video that was made for me about my mobile Retail Business last year by pay pal. Its a 2minute long video and gives you a better understanding of what i do, who i am, and what my business is. Great. [video presentation] ive gone against the grain my entire life. Whatever my parents wanted me to do, i didnt want to do. And i had a love for fashion since i was, i dont know, as long as i could remember. When i wake up i cant believe this is happening. Ive been talking about this forever. My friends know ive been talking about
Pursuing a mobile business platform. This is a discussion item. And we have with us several mobile retail operators that will each provide a presentation about their individual business. So, before you start, commissioners, since were getting close to in the next month and a half to two months finalizing our mobile retail permit program, you havent had an opportunity yet to meet some of the folks that weve been meeting with and work erg with on the mobile retail side ~. A the Small Business commission, and these are some of the our newest innovative Small Businesses, i thought it would be important before we get down to the wire of approving the program that the office is creating that you have an opportunity to meet the businesses that weve been working with. Great. Welcome. Hello, thanks for having us. My name is christina and im the owner of top shelf boutique. Christina, can you bring it down . As the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words, im going to show you a short vi