125th Street Business Improvement District

HARLEM HAPPENINGS

Est. Feb 2014

March 2016 - Volume 1

Connecting those who live, visit, work, and invest in Harlem


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Women's History Month - 125th Street BID Salutes Women Legislators

Olga A. Mendez

NY State Assembly

Tenure: 1978-2004

First Latina Woman Elected to the Assembly

Geraldine L. Daniels

NY State Assembly

Tenure: 1981-1992

First African-American Woman elected in the 70th Assembly District

C. Virginia Fields

NY City Council and Manhattan Borough President

Tenure: 1997-2005

African American elected official in New York City

Inez E. Dickens

New York City Council

Tenure: 2005 to Present

Elected to office as County Committeewoman, County Judicial Committee Woman and State Committee Woman and rose in the party ranks to become the highest-ranking African American woman in the New York State Democratic party

Melissa Mark-Viverito

New York City Council
Tenure: 2005 to Present
Became the first member of the NYC Council's Black, Latina and Asian Caucus to hold the position of City Council Speaker

Upcoming Women History Month Events in Harlem

Women's Jazz Festival	Women Writing the Caribbean Women in the Heights - Transitions Women Artists of Uptown Manhattan	Talks at the Schomburg
Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings the Band	Women Jazz Festival: Bernice Johnson Reagon Compositions	For more events Click Here or Download the Harlem Happenings App and have all of our listings at your fingertip.

Harlem Business Activity In the News

A long Journey to Ownership Nears Its Goal Wall Street Journal Josh Barbanel	Harlem's Commercial Future is Bright Exclusive Commentary by Cushman & Wakefield's Josh Lipton	Apollo Theater: History behind Harlem's entertainment Mecca Pix 11 Sukanya Krishnan
Foundation Work Underway for 12-Story, 75-Unit Mixed-Use Project At 69 East 125th Street, East Harlem New York Yimby Reid Wilson	New York City Economic Development Corporation ("NYCEDC") is seeking proposals for the commercial redevelopment of 2321-2325 3rd Avenue,........... Click Below For Details East Harlem Commercial Opportunity RFP Submission Deadline March 17, 2016	Nick Cannon on 125 "Nick Cannon kicked off his NCredible 1 Headphone launch at the historic 125th Street RadioShack in # NCredible style"

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Small Business Solutions (SBS) Offers

Business Resiliency Workshop

From gas leaks and fires,

to major storms and flooding,

NYC business owners face many challenges that can impact your operations and assets.

March 24, 2016

6:00pm - 8:00pm

NYC Business Solutions

Upper Manhattan Center

361 West 125th St., 2nd floor

New York, NY 10027

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