Completed Programs > Lower Manhattan Initiative
The Downtown Alliance
The Alliance for Downtown New York, Inc. manages the Downtown-Lower Manhattan Business Improvement District
(BID). The Alliance gathers and disseminates information about incentive programs, real estate issues,
transportation updates, and other issues of concern to its members, and continues to work to ensure that
its constituents have input to the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan.
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The Garment Industry Development Corporation
A non-profit dedicated to strengthening the apparel sector in New York City, GDIC helps Seedco market
our services, identify eligible businesses, and administer the wage subsidy program.
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The Lower East Side Business Improvement District
The character of Orchard Street began to evolve more than two hundred years ago, when extended families
from around the world squeezed their hungry families into the tall tenement buildings that filled lower
Manhattan. The neighborhood that was so passionately sought out for its amazing bargains, has become one of
the top destinations for fashion, dining, theatre and nightlife.
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Consortium for Worker Education
Consortium for Worker Education (CWE) is a private
not-for-profit agency committed to enriching the lives of workers and their communities through education,
economic development, and empowerment programs. CWE is a consortium of affiliated unions and locals that
works with union members, dislocated workers, and public assistance recipients.
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Henry Street Settlement
Henry Street Settlement helps build better lives for the inhabitants of Manhattan's Lower East Side. While focused on the Lower East Side, Settlement programs reach all of New York City's five boroughs- including New York City public schools, housing developments, and transitional shelters.
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Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation
Founded in 1979 to stimulate economic growth and neighborhood stability in Kings County, the Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) has evolved into a multi-service, business and community development organization serving over 1000 clients per year. BEDC's activities in this area include seeking resources to support efforts that link entrepreneurs to capital markets, advancing entrepreneurship and enterprise formation in low-income communities, the development and ongoing support of programs and initiatives that help to eliminate all barriers to greater economic growth.
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New York Foundation for the Arts
For more than three decades, New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has nurtured the people and environment that make art happen by providing the time and resources for the creative mind and the artistic spirit to flourish. NYFA helps artists move from the moment of inspiration to the completed work of art. NYFA's focus is on the artist, particularly those that create new works of art, including painters, poets, choreographers, composers, filmmakers, playwrights, and others who make original art. Yet with most arts funding directed toward organizations, artists are frequently overlooked. NYFA strives to correct that imbalance by helping exceptional artists bring form and substance to ideas.
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