The Adams Avenue Business Association was founded in 1982 and incorporated in 1985 as a California Mutual Benefit Non-Profit organization to band together and to assist the business owners along Adams Avenue. Our association is guided by our dedicated volunteer Board of Directors and Committees. Members of the Board are elected for two-year terms from the general membership while the committees are open to any of our member merchants. Our members are all of the businesses located along Adams Avenue from Hamilton St. on the west to Vista Street on the east. Within the two-mile stretch of Adams Avenue, we have over 600 business members.

Are you interested in becoming a member? All you need to do is to open a new business or relocate your current business to our district and pay the required City of San Diego’s Business License Tax and the Business Improvement District’s fee (simultaneously collected each year by the City of San Diego). We are always seeking new members to add something fresh to the Adams Avenue experience. Please look at our current available spaces information on our Weekly E-News. You can be added to the Weekly E-News distribution listing here Join Our E-Mail List.

AABA manages the Adams Avenue Business Improvement District and the local Maintenance Assessment Districts. AABA also hosts several annual special events which include: Avenue Roots Fest on Adams (formerly known as Adams Avenue Roots & Folk Festival), Taste of Adams Avenue, and Adams Avenue Street Fair (Southern California’s Largest FREE Music Festival). We present these events as promotion for the business district, community events, and as fundraising activities for all other projects and programs of the AABA.

The following are services that AABA provides to its member businesses:

• Advertise the Adams Avenue Business District and its member businesses
• Act as a liaison for member businesses and government agencies
• Partner with other local organizations to administer progressive programs that assist small businesses, such as Public Right of Way Program (PROW) and Storefront Improvement Program (SIP)
• Host quarterly mixers and the annual AABA dinner meeting which provides our members with an excellent opportunity to meet neighboring businesses and to network

Please explore this website’s other pages for more information about our events, projects, and programs.