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Grand Street celebrates Small Business Saturday with The Forum

The BID team will host a pop-up event outside of The Forum (711 Grand Street)

BID team out at a previous pop-up event

BID team out at a previous pop-up event

Grand Street in Williamsburg has always been home to a vibrant community of small and family businesses, so for mall Business Saturday on November 30th, the BID team will hit the streets to celebrate our neighborhood merchants.

Partnering with The Forum, the BID will set up a pop-up table at 711 Grand Street from 12pm to 2pm with Shop Small promotional materials such as stickers, buttons, pennant flags, tote bags, and more for passersby. The pop-up will also include a prize wheel with a raffle for a merchandise prize from Forum.

In addition to setting up outside, the BID will be sharing those promotional materials with retail businesses along Grand Street to spread the cheer around the neighborhood.

Grand Street BID Executive Director Erin Piscopink says, “Grand Street is a unique commercial corridor in North Brooklyn that has retained it’s authentic neighborhood atmosphere, in large part because of the large presence of small businesses that have always found a home in our district. We are proud to celebrate the dedication that our merchants have for our community and the diversity of our 150+ small businesses that makes our street special.”

We are also partnering with Forum to kick off our Holiday Food Drive which helps feed local families at the St. John the Evangelist food pantry at 195 Maujer Street. The Forum is a yearly participant in the program, and will collect non perishable food items from December 1st to 19th to donate to the program.

Come to Grand Street on Small Business Saturday (Nov. 30) to enter our raffle, receive shop small swag, and patron one of our many small retail and service businesses.

Family enjoying Nick + Sons from a May pop-up.

Family enjoying Nick + Sons from a May pop-up.

Tote bag winners from our prize wheel at a June pop-up.

Tote bag winners from our prize wheel at a June pop-up.

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Meet the Grand Street BID: Win prizes

The Grand Street BID is partnering with local businesses to talk to shoppers on the street

The BID spoke with families while passing out free coffee + treats.

The BID spoke with families while passing out free coffee + treats.

Look out for the logo to stop and chat with one of our neighborhood staff about the community while enjoying free treats. On a sunny Saturday this past month, the BID took the streets to share Eleva Coffee, Nick + Sons croissants, and spin a prize wheel for raffles + tote bags.

As part of the Grand Street Neighborhood Initiative, the BID wants to expand our reach to have conversations directly with shoppers and residents of the corridor. We collected feedback through community surveys to see what Grand Street patrons wanted to see next.

Shoppers who completed the survey or signed up for our newsletter spun a prize wheel for tote bags, sweets, or raffles of $50 to a Grand Street restaurant + 2lbs of Eleva coffee beans. Seen below, our winners, Ramona ($50 to Le Barricou) and Tiffany (Eleva coffee) are both residents of the Grand Street community.

Follow @grandstreetbid to find out where + when the next pop-up will be. The BID will continue to partner with our businesses this summer to chat + listen to you.

Winners of $50 to Le Barricou from our pop-up raffle

Winners of $50 to Le Barricou from our pop-up raffle