Parking & Business Improvement Area Board

The PBIA Advisory 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 PBIA Board is not an independent business association, instead it is a City of Olympia advisory committee, with board members elected annually by the PBIA ratepayers.

The Board's purpose is to:

• 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.

The PBIA Board usually meets on the 2nd Thursday of each month, 6:00 p.m., at the MIXX 96 Building Conference Room, 119 Washington St NE, Olympia.

• Visit the It's Your Olympia  website which was created as part of the PBIA recommended marketing plan for downtown Olympia.
• View the PBIA 5-year Strategic Plan  (warning - large pdf file).
• 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.

City Council Liaison

Jeannine Roe

Staff Liaison

The City contracts with the Olympia Downtown Association to provide administrative staff assistance to the PBIA Board; phone: 360.357.8948; email: pbia@tss.net

In addition, Ruth Snyder, from Olympia's Community Planning & Development Department, is a liaison from City administration; phone: 360.709.2790; email: rsnyder@ci.olympia.wa.us