Facts & Figures
The Golden Triangle BID represents 30 million square feet of commercial office space, 3,000+ businesses, 300+ retailers, 200+ restaurants, seven hotels, and six U.S. national parks.
The Golden Triangle BID organization
• 9 full-time staff, 35+ contracted employees as part of the Ambassador program
• $4.49 million budget for FY13
• Founded in 1997 as a private non-profit 501(c)(6)
• One of seven BIDs in DC
Golden Triangle neighborhood
• 43 blocks, from 16th Street to New Hampshire Avenue NW and Dupont Circle to Pennsylvania Ave NW
• 286 properties
• 3,000+ businesses
• 200+ restaurants
• 30 million square feet of office space
• 6 national parks
Golden Triangle Ambassadors
• In 2012 Hospitality Ambassadors performed the following:
• Directions: 180,000
• Emptied Trash Cans: 70,000
Homeless Outreach
• In 2012, homeless outreach workers made it possible for 7 of the BID’s most chronically homeless people to move into housing
• Provided case care (coordinating care with social workers and other city services) 127 homeless individuals
Apparel Retail
• 30 apparel retailers from luxury to mass market: Brooks Brothers, Burberry, Thomas Pink, Betsy Fisher, Charles Tyrwhitt, Rizik’s, Ann Taylor, Gap, and more
• Many specialty retailers, including 12 jewelers, 33 salons and day saps, 9 health clubs
BID-area population demographics
• Workday population of 86,000
• Average BID worker salary of $89,600 per year
• $6,300,000,000+ annual salary and wages earned
Restaurants
• 7 are in Washingtonian’s 100 Best Restaurants 2012 (DC has 6 restaurants)
• 43 highlighted by Zagat’s Guide
Hotels
• 7 hotels in BID with 1,360 available rooms
• Standard room rates in BID are $400/night +
Public Transportation
• Three Metro stations with six exits: Farragut North (Red), Farragut West (Orange/Blue), Dupont Circle (Red)
• More than 60,000 people exit Golden Triangle Metrorail stations on weekdays
• Three of the five busiest Metro stations are in the Golden Triangle
• Circulator Bus from Union Station to Georgetown through the Golden Triangle has an average daily ridership of 4,800
• Nearly 25,000 parking spaces
Capital Development
• 23 development projects are either under construction or completed since 2001, representing more than 2.9 million square feet of office space and 95,000 square feet of retail in the Golden Triangle
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