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BUsiness Walks

Keeping
A Pulse On
The Business Community.

The bi-annual Business Walk is The SVO’s small business outreach program, specifically targeting businesses in low to moderate-income commercial areas. The goal is to identify opportunities to retain and support the expansion of small businesses in San Jose.

Business walks

Connecting With The Businesses Face To Face.

As part of our economic development efforts, our business walks act as a tool for of business retention and expansion. Once a year, teams of volunteers made up of SVO members and the area's stakeholders canvass a commercial corridor.

The volunteers ask businesses three simple questions:

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• How is business?
• What do you like about doing business here?
• What could be done to improve business in the area?

This survey provides the opportunity to connect businesses with resources that can help solve some of the identified issues and bring new resources to share within their business community.

PREVIoUS BUSINESS WALKS

A Ground Level View Of The Business Climate





WHY WE DO Them

These insights Allow Us to Shape Our Public Policy And Advocacy Efforts On Behalf Of
Small businesses.


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usiness Walk volunteers survey local small businesses to collect information and insight into how business is either improving or declining within the area.  

At the conclusion of the program, The SVO shares the data through an annual report highlighting the success and/or challenges that small businesses face in the area.

The report helps guide The SVO’s public policy advocacy when we communicate to elected officials and policy makers.

WHy We Do it

Our Comprehensive Strategy For Addressing The Collective Needs Of Businesses

400+
Businesses Contacted A Year Through Our Business Walks
12
Business Walks Completed Since 2012
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