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SW 9th Street businesses seek improvement district

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Friends of SW 9th and the Southwest Ninth Merchants Association are proposing a special taxing zone called a self-supported municipal improvement district, or SSMID, to pay for improvements along a four-mile stretch of the road, reports DesMoinesRegister.com. Sadie Trytten, executive director of the Des Moines East and South Chamber of Commerce, said the plan would require some  commercial property owners to agree to a tax increase, but also would help bring more business to the area.