Angela from “Things on Third” was asked to LEAVE by Perch Group last meeting – when she confronted Mr Howe she was told “Perch is frustrated” – No sorry, no apologies, no compassion, no discussion – YOU EITHER AGREE WITH US OR YOU CAN LEAVE! We have a RIGHT to review the PERCH contract – it was paid for by PUBLIC money.
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A BID Will Not Fix Our Problems
Homeless / Drugs Parking meter enforcement – Did anyone complain when they raised the price over 100%? Over burden of rules and regulations on businesses Internet Sales and Amazon – retail stores are in decline No NEW unique “Kitschy” restaurants No NEW construction – buildings look older Multiple similar stores (bagels, nails, pizza etc..) do not draw additional customers Competition with “hip” areas Williamsburg & Downtown Brooklyn Aging population changing the nature of the businesses Say NO to the 3rd ave BID!
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The merchant association collects ONLY 30% of its dues – Why?
Poor management? Bad collection policies? We cant afford it? Not relevant to our business? Not effective? Outdated ideas not relevant in today’s market? Some have never been approached to join and others never asked to pay for years! Why have you not paid your yearly dues? Let us know! DO YOU LIKE BEING FORCED TO PAY FOR SOMETHING YOU DON’T NEED OR WANT – FOREVER??? Say NO to the 3rd ave BID!
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Judging a BIDs Success
There can be NO generalities Repeating “it works – it works” does not make it so.We need specifics on exactly what we are paying for and how we can determine if the BID is an actual success. Each item that is proposed for the BID must have, in detail, the costs & services we will receive and how it will be measured for success. If an item is Marketing, than we need to know how much will be spent, what venues will marketing be concentrated, what type of marketing will be done (if you are a 99 cent store, marketing pizza is not beneficial) and how we will measure the…
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Can we make 3rd ave Great Again?
We create a 3RD ave Merchant Coalition We target KEY businesses on 3rd ave (the ones having the most benefit from the organization) we ask them to pay $50 month ($600 year 10% discount for yearly pmt, 20% for 2 years) We have members of the “old guard” and the fresh blood visit and propose this to the key businesses and have them sign up now! We offer AUTO monthly credit card billing for the dues (completely eliminating the ineffective current collection process) Every 3 months we do an expose on one participating businesses and tout their wares and how they are making a difference – 1 business per quarter We…
