Consultant pitches downtown Hermosa Beach Business Improvement District 

by Kevin Cody Downtown Hermosa Beach moved a step closer to forming a Business Improvement District (BID) last week during a presentation to downtown business and property owners by Kelly Rankin, from the legislative consulting firm of Civitas. “We’ve been talking about this for about 500 years,” quipped Ed Hart, owner of Maximus Salon, and one of the dozen business owners who attended the meeting at City Hall last Wednesday.  Gum Tree Gifts and Cafe owner Lori Ford expressed