ExploreChinatown
Newsletter
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Veterans
Day ceremony
by American
Legion, Lt. B.
R. Kimlau
Chinese
Memorial Post
1291 at Kimlau
Square (Nov 7,
2021)
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CHINATOWN
PARTNERSHIP/BID
AWARDED GRANT
TO BOOST
NEIGHBORHOOD
DEVELOPMENT
THROUGH
COMMERCIAL
REVITALIZATION
PROJECTS
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11/10/21
- The NYC
Department of
Small Business
Services (SBS)
Commissioner
Jonnel Doris
announced a
one year grant
to the Chinatown
Partnership /
Business
Improvement
District (BID) to
boost
neighborhood
development
through
commercial
revitalization
projects. The
award, funded
by the Avenue
NYC
program, will
be used to
strengthen
community-based
development
organizations’
(CBDOs)
capacity to
understand
local
neighborhood
needs, support
small business
recovery, and
deliver
impactful
community
development
projects.
“The
Avenue NYC
survey has
given the
Chinatown
Partnership/BID
a chance to
convene
downtown
professionals
and small
business
owners alike
and elevate
their
priorities in
the midst of
Chinatown's
recovery,"
said Executive
Director
Wellington
Chen. "Working
with Small
Business
Services on
assisting our
merchants is
our current
practice;
the Commercial
District Needs
Assessment
(CDNA) is a
chance to
address the
core of our
neighborhood's
needs,
inviting the
public to see
well beyond
the storefront
facade."
“COVID-19
has had
devastating
effects on our
Black, Asian,
and Latinx
communities
and it is
important we
deliver the
resources they
need to
recover,” said
Jonnel Doris
Commissioner
of the
Department of
Small Business
Services,
“These
initiatives
will help
revitalize our
commercial
corridors and
bring them
back stronger
than ever.”
About
Avenue NYC
SBS’
Avenue NYC
program is a
competitive
grant program
that funds and
builds the
capacity of
CBDOs
including
business
improvement
districts
(BIDs), local
development
corporations,
merchants
associations
and others
operating in
low- to
moderate-income
neighborhoods
to execute
commercial
revitalization
projects.
Avenue NYC
grant awards
allow these
organizations
to hire a
full-time
program
manager, and
enable them to
conduct an
in-depth
district needs
assessment and
execute
commercial
revitalization
programming
and services
in their
neighborhoods.
Avenue NYC is
funded through
the U.S.
Department of
Housing and
Urban
Development’s
Community
Development
Block Grant
(CDBG)
Program. More
information on
Avenue NYC can
be found at nyc.gov/avenuenyc.
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Governor
Hochul
Announces
Chinatown as
$20 Million
New York City
Region Winner
of Fifth-Round
Downtown
Revitalization
Initiative
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11/10/21
- Governor
Kathy Hochul
announced that
Chinatown will
receive $20
million in
funding as the
New York City
Region winner
of the fifth
round of the
Downtown
Revitalization
Initiative
(DRI). As part
of DRI Round
5, each of the
state's 10
regional
economic
development
regions are
being awarded
$20 million,
to make for a
total state
commitment of
$200 million
in funding and
investments to
help
communities
boost their
post COVID-19
economies by
transforming
downtowns into
vibrant
neighborhoods.
Chinatown
will use the
$20 million
DRI award to
build on its
history as a
cultural
destination in
order to
preserve and
return the
neighborhood
to a vibrant
downtown area.
Chinatown
already
launched
several
ongoing and
planned
projects that
have created
excitement and
momentum for
further
revitalization, including
restoration of
the Kimlau Memorial
Monument,
multiple
affordable and
senior housing
projects, and
multiple
resiliency
projects at
NYCHA
properties.
Chinatown's
DRI will build
on this
progress by
creating new
arts and
cultural
space,
improving
connectivity,
increasing
housing, and
expanding
green space to
achieve its
goals
of building
an arts and
culture
economic
engine,
attracting
tourists and
regional
visitors,
solidifying
the
neighborhood
as a cultural
home for the
1.2 million
Asian American
Pacific
Islanders
living in the
NY metro area,
and improving
the quality of
life in the
neighborhood.
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E-Waste
Recycling
Event
(11/20/21)
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Restrictions
on the
Distribution
of Plastic
Straws, Splash
Sticks, and
Stirrers
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自2021 年
11 月 1
日起,紐約市食品服務機構可能不再提供一次性塑料飲料吸管,除非有要求。此外,食品服務機構可能不再提供一次性飲料潑濺棒或塑料製成的攪拌器。
As of
November 1,
2021, New York
City food
service
establishments
may no longer
provide
single-use
plastic
beverage
straws, except
upon request.
Additionally,
food service
establishments
may no longer
provide
single-use
beverage
splash sticks
or stirrers
made of
plastic.
Establishments
May Provide:
- Beverage
straws that
are
compostable
and not made
of plastic
(Ex.
compostable
paper)
- Beverage
splash sticks
and stirrers
that are
compostable
and not made
of plastic
(Ex. wood)
Upon
Request Only:
- All food
service
establishments
must maintain
a sufficient
supply of
single-use
plastic
beverage
straws that
are not
compostable
and provide
these, free of
charge, to any
person who
requests one.
- Food
service
establishments
with
self-serve
stations must
display a sign
at each
station that
states:
“Plastic
straws
available upon
request.”
These signs
must be
unobstructed
in their
entirety, be
at least two
inches by
seven inches,
and no less
than 20-point
font. Sample
signs may be
downloaded here.
- Establishments
that are
covered by the
Commercial
Organics Rules
may provide
straws made of
compostable
plastics upon
request only
if such straws
are used on
premises and
they are
source
separated from
garbage and
other
recyclables to
be collected
by a Business
Integrity
Commission
(BIC)
licensed
organics
carter.
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Enter
1010 WINS
Small Business
10K Challenge
(Deadline
11/14/21)
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Memorial
Sloan
Kettering
Cancer Center
Health
Programs
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Lung
Cancer
Screening
Program
- MSKCC
is looking for
Chinese men
who are
current/former
smokers and
between 50-80.
The program
will help
connect
participants
to lung cancer
screening and
smoking
cessation
programs.
- Participants
will be
paid $100 for
their time.
Restaurant
Worker Program
- MSKCC
is
interviewing
"back-of-the-house"
restaurant
workers (i.e.,
chefs, cooks,
bakers,
kitchen prep,
dishwashers,
etc.) in NYC
to understand
their health
and social
needs. This
one-time
survey will be
completed over
the phone and
takes around 1
hour to
complete.
- Participants
will be
paid $50 for
their time.
Please
contact Chloe
Chan at
(917-692-9569)
for more info.
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November
12 @ 12:00 pm
- 2:00 pm
November
12 @ 12:00 pm
- 2:00 pm
November
15 @ 12:00 pm
- 2:30 pm
November
16 @ 1:00 pm -
3:00 pm
November
16 @ 4:00 pm -
5:00 pm
November
16 @ 5:30 pm -
7:30 pm
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November
17 @ 6:00 pm -
7:00 pm
November
18 @ 12:00 pm
- 2:00 pm
November
18 @ 12:00 pm
- 1:00 pm
November
18 @ 1:00 pm -
3:00 pm
November
20 @ 11:00 am
- 11:45
am
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