Newsletter

August 27, 2020 The eyes have it Main Street’s Opticians are very busy helping everyone see better It is always good to have a clear view of the new season. That’s what a lot of people seem to be thinking these days as our Downtown optical stores are reporting that they are busier than ever.

August 20, 2020 Back-to-school clothing and supplies are still on parents’ shopping lists Downtown’s Main Street Retail Merchants are providing new items This is the month before school, when families have started to shop for supplies like notebooks, pencils and hand sanitizer at the retail stores Downtown. At Four Seasons Clothing at 530A Main Street,

July 29, 2020 Construction Cranes Rev Up Downtown Another sign of life returning slowly back to some new sense of “normal” is the sight and sound of construction cranes busy once again Downtown. The cranes have become a regular part of the New Rochelle skyline, and a constant reminder of the great work underway to

July 9, 2020 Downtown’s Restaurants win Best in Westchester With so many wonderful eateries in the County, this is big. NRBID Downtown Top Chefs have bested the competition to win top spots on Westchester Magazine’s Best of Westchester for 2020. Alvin’s and Friends at 31 Memorial highway has won for the second year in a row in

July 1, 2020 Independence Day is a time to note our small business owners’ super-hero qualities. We have hundreds of independent Downtown business people working daily to provide services, meals, and products to the community. The essence of being a business owner in America has always been infused with independence and freedom. Never more than

June 24, 2020 Reopening continues to bring services back into our lives Westchester Nails it with Phase Three: Polishing resumes, Hair salons cut hair not hours, and Restaurants welcome back their diners—inside. This certainly has been a time when getting back to your roots was not about genealogy. Anyone who ever hid some grey is relieved as

June 17, 2020 Downtown Restaurants are serving it up outside Summer dining is coming back to Division Street and City will test a new program there What a joy it is to sit outside and be served again by a professional server. Did you ever think you would want a little breeze with your steak

June 7, 2020 As we usher in June, doors are Re-opening By supporting our Downtown businesses, we are helping everyone pivot into the next phases The trends are continuing to move favorably and this means that our NRBID merchants are hard at work adapting and making sure all is safe so that we diners and

In phases, our Downtown Businesses are Beginning to Re-open. Since it is still Spring, we hope for a “re-blooming” of business. As we all have been hoping for, Downtown New Rochelle qualifies for Phase One of the New York State Forward re-opening plan. Our retail merchants now will be able to begin take-out/curbside/in-store pickup/drop off sales.

May 22, 2020 We are Finding a Prism of Ways to Celebrate With the season upon us, our graduations, birthdays, memorials, engagements, weddings and Celebrations of Life are looking safer—and smaller. Yet any size event is made that much more memorable with food.  That’s why our Downtown Restaurants are stepping up to provide an international array