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SVA Students Work To Promote Stapleton with Historic Tappen Park Community Partnership

Recently, students from the School of Visual Arts Impact! Design for Social Change program collaborated with the Historic Tappen Park Community Partnership to create a series of promotional concepts to connect new and old sections of Stapleton, as the Staten Island neighborhood experiences investment and development tied to the Bay Street corridor rezoning plan.

The student team walked the commercial corridor, interviewed residents and local business owners, and researched impactful projects in other areas of the city and country to come up with a series of marketing campaign materials, games, and way-finding signage to connect residents across the entire Stapleton neighborhood. At the end of the two weeks of research and project design, the students presented their design solution to members of the Historic Tappen Park Community Partnership’s board of directors and other partners.

SBS partners with the School of Visual Arts to connect Impact! Design for Social Change student teams with community-based organizations to creatively design events or campaigns that highlight and enliven a neighborhood. Community-based organizations collaborate with the student teams to come up with a project, campaign, or promotional materials for the organization to use in addressing their most pressing challenges.

News Coverage:

SVA Students Try to Bridge Divide Between 'Old' and 'New' Stapleton | DNAinfo

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Coney Island Alliance Seeking Outreach & Development Manager

The Outreach and Development Manager will work closely with the Alliance for Coney Island and all partner organizations. He or she will also work to administer meetings, projects, and outreach activities on behalf of the organization while collaborating on the long-term strategic vision for the organization and developing relationships with small businesses and property owners located throughout the Coney Island community. To develop and implement this vision the individual will be expected to produce grant applications and identify prospective funding sources. Additionally, this individual should have a background on managing long and short-term projects and have the capacity to deliver on goals for all assigned projects, while also staying up-to-date on local community concerns and needs. Furthermore, the individual should be able to advocate on behalf of the organization for initiatives that support the strategic goals of the Alliance.

More details and application instructions »

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We’re trying to find what’s best for a neighborhood that’s growing up and changing every day.

Meatpacking BID Executive Director Lauren Danziger

(via Will the newly formed Meatpacking BID take sides on new development? | The Real Deal)

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Sunset Park has scored another digital milestone.

Via Home Reporter:

Responding to customers’ growing dependency on smartphones, the Sunset Park Business Improvement District has created an application that will benefit both residents and businesses by providing information on promotions and special events as well as general information on businesses that are BID members.

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Neighborhood Challenge Update: DUMBO Fitness Loop

The improvements are the work of the DUMBO Improvement District, which hopes to turn the two parks into a livelier area with the graphics. The designs are a temporary exercise installation called the DUMBO Fitness Loop.

The surface graphics are instructional workout signs designed pro bono by the Dumbo-based firm Hush. They are meant to inspire physical activity.

Read more in Brownstoner »

Photos by Barbara Eldredge / @brownstoner​

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South Shore BID Seeking District Manager

The Board of Directors of the South Shore Business Improvement District is seeking qualified applicants to serve as a District Manager for the program. The South Shore BID is comprised of the commercial corridor within the towns of Annadale, Eltingville and Great Kills which share the railroad as a contiguous line.

Learn more and apply »

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Times Square Alliance is Hiring

The Times Square Alliance is currently recruiting for the following positions:

Director of Partnerships & New Business Development

Business Services Coordinator

Payroll & Finance Accountant

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Douglaston LDC Seeking Part-Time Executive Director

The Douglaston Local Development Corporation, a not-for-profit corporation established for the preservation and enhancement of the Douglaston Village commercial corridor, is seeking a part-time Executive Director to assist with the following responsibilities:

General administration

Social media, marketing, communication (including the development and production of graphics rich flyers and posters)

Basic website management

Strategic/program development

Cultivation of alternate funding opportunities

Overseeing management and ensuring compliance with the numerous City/grant-funded programs for plaza management

Liaising/establishing relationships with various NYC and NYS agencies

Developing/planning and implementing a business attraction/retention campaign

More details and application instructions »

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Campaign Aims to Get Tourists to Visit Commercial Strip Between Barclays Center, Brooklyn Bridge Park | NY1

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More than 6,000 businesses will receive the survey by direct mail, followed by door-to-door outreach to ensure a representative response rate. Despite small-scale, localized studies in parts of LIC dating back to the 1980s, there had been no major study encompassing the full geographic area to examine the community across all sectors.

Via TimesLedger:

The Long Island City Partnership has launched a far-reaching, cross-sector business and organization survey as a key part of the comprehensive plan it is developing to strengthen the neighborhood’s economic, social and physical infrastructure while preparing for a mixed-use future. Until Jan. 16, LIC-based businesses and organizations can access the survey online or in print and contribute to important recommendations that will inform and shape LIC’s future and growth.

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Via @fastcodesign:

NYC's Meatpacking District Is Now A Brand

The Meatpacking Business Improvement District enlisted Base Design to devise a visual identity that captures the neighborhood's transformation into a consumer and cultural mecca. Anchored by a wordmark that divides "Meatpacking District" into two different typefaces, it suggests a neighborhood with multiple personalities: equal parts ritzy and wild.

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