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On Friday September
25th, 2009, at Modell’s
Sporting Goods on
Fordham Road the Fordham
Road Business
Improvement District
(BID) presented Caroline
Kennedy, Vice Chair of
the Fund for Public
Schools, with a check
from Bronx retailers in
support of this year’s
Shop for Public Schools.
An unprecedented number
of Bronx businesses are
taking part in this
city-wide program, which
will take place this
year from October 1 – 8,
2009.
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Left
to Right:
Gail Harvey
of Bank of
America, Luz
Ortega of
Banco
Popular,
Daniel
Bernstein of
Fordham Road
BID,
Caroline
Kennedy,
Wilma Alonso
of Fordham
Road BID,
NYC Council
Majority
Joel Rivera,
David Rose
of Fordham
Road BID,
Kenneth Conn
of Gem
Financial &
Joseph
Muriana of
Fordham
University. |
During Shop for Public
Schools, participating
merchants donate to The
Fund for Public Schools
to help revitalize
school libraries across
the city. This year the
BID and fifteen
participating stores
have raised over
$2,000 for the Fund
for Public Schools.
The following Fordham
Road BID businesses
support this year’s Shop
for Public Schools
Program:
Audio Town,
4 East Fordham
Road
Bx. Fashion,
2492 Webster
Avenue
Call Me
Wireless,
2498 Grand
Concourse, 2489
Grand Concourse
Cohen’s Gentle
Dental,
1 East Fordham
Road, 2nd Floor
Conway,
340 East Fordham
Road
Emigrant Savings
Bank,
2526 Grand
Concourse
Fordham Road
Jewelry
Exchange,
302 East Fordham
Road
Gem Pawnbrokers,
367 East Fordham
Road
Kids World,
39 East
Fordham Road
Modell’s
Sporting Goods,
31
East Fordham
Road
Original
Products,
2486 Webster
Avenue
Planet Earth
Communications,
389
East Fordham
Road
Top Concourse
Electronics &
Computers,
2486 Grand
Concourse
Urban Eyes
Optical,
390 East
Fordham Road |
The Fordham Road BID is
a non-profit corporation
under contract with the
City of New York to
provide supplementary
services to the
community. The BID
focuses on sanitation,
beautification,
promotion and overall
advocacy of the Fordham
Road area – striving to
make the district a more
attractive and dynamic
locale in which to shop,
work and visit. The BID
boundaries extend from
Third to Jerome Avenues
along East Fordham Road
and also includes the
commercial areas on
select side streets. The
district is comprised of
approximately 80
buildings and almost 300
businesses ranging from
nationwide chains to
locally owned
independent shops.
For more information
about this program or
any of our other
services, please contact
the BID office at (718)
562-2104 or visit the
BID website at
www.fordhamroadbid.org
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