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LES Going Green
As published in The NY Post,
April 15, 2009.
Businesses in the LES were prominently featured in this article about eco-friendly efforts in NYC.
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Reinvention is the name of the game in new economy
By Roberto Ragone
As published in The Villager,
March 18 - 24, 2009.
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Lower East Side BID Press Releases
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• L.E.S. Restaurant Pala wins Daily News Online’s

Distinction of Manhattan’s Best Pizza
December 3, 2007 Link
 
• Letter From BID Executive Director & President
  December 18, 2006 PDF (38kb)
   

• Late Nite on the LES
  SpECIAL SAVINGS AND LONG HOURS FOR SELECT STORES
  December 7, 2006 PDF (18kb)
   

• LES BID Annual Meeting 2006
  PRESS RELEASE FOR OUR ANNUAL MEETING.
  December 4, 2006 PDF (20kb)
   

• Chinatown/ Lower East Side Communities to Plant Daffodils
  The Rebuild Chinatown Initiative/AAFE and UNRAP (United Neighborhoods
  to Revitalize Allen and Pike) invites residents and interested individuals
  of the Chinatown and Lower East Side communities to plant daffodils
  on two concrete malls on Allen Street.
  October 21, 2006 PDF (41kb)
   

• International Pickle Day 2006  
  Lower East Side Sours Get a Whole Lot Sweeter
  Whole Foods Market Sponsors 6th Annual Pickle Day on Sept 17
  LES BID Presents SIXTH Annual NYC International Pickle Day
  September 17, 2006 PDF (10kb)
   

• Media Advisory
  LOCAL CULINARY LEADERS TO BE FEATURED AT FARMERS MARKET
  July 27, 2006 PDF (31kb)

• Orchard Street Yields New Harvest
  NEW GREENMARKET OPENS ON LOWER EAST SIDE
  July 2, 2006 PDF (77kb)
   

• Lower East Side Historic Walking Tour 
  LOWER EAST SIDE BID SPONSORS FREE NEIGHBORHOOD TOURS OF NYC'S
  ORIGINAL SHOPPING DISTRICT
  April 15, 2006 PDF (47kb)
   


 

• International Pickle Day 2005
  Half Sours Have Never Been So Sweet
  LES BID Presents Fifth Annual NYC International Pickle Day
  October 2, 2005 PDF (58kb)
   

• Fashion Flipside
  LES BID Partners with LESGC and September Concert Partner PDF (114kb)
  LES BID PresentS Fashion Flipside Forward PDF
  September 11, 2005
   

• Lower East Side BID Annual Meeting 2005 - PDF (14kb)
  State Assemblyman Sheldon Silver to Speak at
  Lower East Side Business Improvement District (LESBID)’s Annual Meeting
  June 16, 2005
   

• ELS-LES (Every Last Sunday Art Walk)
  Local Artists Invite Public to Spend Every
  Last Sunday on the Lower East Side”
  April 24, 2005 PDF (273kb)

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