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Morris Park Business Improvement District
Newsletter Year II, Issue 20 - November 24, 2021
- MPBID Annual Meeting 2021
- Shopping Small on Morris Park for Small Business Saturday
- Morris Park Business and Visitors Guide launch
- Morris Park Avenue District Commercials launch
- Matthews Muliner Playground Clean Up & Daffodil Bulb Planting
- Morris Park's Yemeni Businesses highlighted in Grub Street
- Morris Park Holiday Community Events
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MPBID Annual Report and Annual Meeting 2021 |
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MPBID Board of Directors 2021-2022 elected |
The MPBID 2021 Annual Meeting of Membership took place on November 15, 2021 as a hybrid meeting, in person at Patsy's Pizza, and via zoom. We are grateful to all participants that were there to elect the new Board of Directors, to review the MPBID work and to hear new developments regarding the Metro North connection to Penn Station project.
We also presented and published the MPBID Annual Report 2021, covering our work from July 1, 2020 to June 2021. The report is available for review here.
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Small Business Saturday Shopping on Morris Park Avenue |
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Small Business Saturday, an initiative created by American Express in 2010, encourages people to shop local and bring more holiday shopping to small businesses the Saturday after Thanksgiving. The MPBID is happy to participate and highlight some of our own local small businesses. We have a lot in store for Small Business Saturday this year - stay tuned to our social media @morrisparkbid! |
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Morris Park Business & Visitors Guide |
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The MPBID is proud to announce the launch of the Morris Park Business and Visitors Guide on Small Business Saturday, November 27th!
In partnership with the Department of Small Business Services, we've put together a full guide of all our wonderful small businesses, local institutions and organizations and neighborhood amenities!
In the spirit of shopping local this holiday season, check out this comprehensive guide of all of the small businesses in our district!
Learn more about the history of the Morris Park neighborhood, enjoy a Morris Park themed word search puzzle and trivia game, and explore the larger East Bronx area!
We've put a lot of time and love into this guide and we hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
MPBID is grateful to our Avenue NYC Program Manager Selamawit Yemeru for supervising this project and delivering this product which will be freely available to the community and small businesses.
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Welcome to Morris Park Avenue! MPBID is proud to present 2 new commercials showcasing our small businesses and the diversity of the Bronx! |
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Another special announcement, the launch of two new district marketing videos also on Small Business Saturday! In partnership with NYC Department of Small Business Services Shop Your City campaign and BRIC media, join Safet Paljevic, one of the owners of Conti's Pastry Shoppe, as he shares what brings the community together and why he loves Morris Park! Explore Morris Park with Camelia Tepelus, Executive Director of the Morris Park BID, and learn about some of the area's local small businesses and unique offerings! Learn more about NYC's Department of Small Business Services Avenue NYC program at nyc.gov/avenuenyc. Find local businesses to support at nyc.gov/shopyourcity |
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MPBID Beautification and Environmental Education Program
Matthews Muliner Playground Clean-Up & Daffodil Bulbs Planting
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On a sunny Saturday morning on November 12, 2021, the MPBID, in partnership with NYPD 49th Precinct Explorers and Partnerships for Parks came out to do a clean up at Matthews Muliner Playground. We thank so much to the youth of NYPD 49 Precinct Explorers team led by Det. Michelle Fernandez and to all community volunteers - Matt, John, Ruth Marshall for coming out and helping us clean up, rake leaves and plant daffodil bulbs! The New Yorkers for Parks #daffodilproject is the largest City-wide living memorial to 9/11. We also thank Councilwoman-elect Marjorie Velazquez for coming to support this amazing Morris Park community effort!
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Morris Park's Yemeni Businesses highlighted by Grub Street - A Trip Around Little Yemen |
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The MPBID is proud of the diversity of our small businesses and congratulates our Yemeni merchants for being recognized by Grub Street! Thank you to Chris Crowley at Grub Street for his great reporting on the Bronx's Little Yemen. The piece highlights some of our favorite business on Morris Park, such as Hemo's Spot, Tasty Choice, Buun Café, Damascus Sweets and more!
We are also looking forward to YAMA (Yemeni American Merchants Association) opening their new office right here on Morris Park Avenue in the MPBID district!
Check out the Grub Street article here!
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Join us on December 10th for the 3rd edition of the
Morris Park Joyful Holiday Trolley!
Take a picture with Santa and The Grinch, and enjoy hot chocolate and cookies!
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Morris Park Community Holiday Events |
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NYPD 49th Precinct Neighborhood Coordination Officers contacts
Sign up for the NYPD 49th Precinct email notification list: Businesses that would like to be added to the NYPD 49th Precinct email notification list, please send your information (business name, contact person and email) to one of the emails above, to receive direct notifications from NYPD.
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Morris Park Business Improvement District
morrisparkbid.org
966 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY US 10462
Morris Park Avenue News, Year II, Issue 20, November 24, 2021
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