Resource Guide

Learn from your peers! Members can browse topics to access a “how-to” guide on an array of issues that can be added, modified and updated by other users.

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• Starting An Organization
• Board of Directors
• Bylaws
• Defining the Purpose and Geographic Area of Your Organization
• Forms of Incorporation: 501-c-3 vs. 501 c-6
• Stakeholder Development
• Volunteer Recruitment and Deployment

• Operations Management
• Budgeting, Accounting, Bank Accounts
• Communications
• Evaluation
• Funding and Grants
• Fundraising
• Insurance
• Office Space
• Staffing
• Strategic Planning
• Technology

• Physical Improvements
• Graffitti Removal
• Lighting
• Parking
• Sanitation
• Signage and Wayfinding
• Storefronts
• Streetscapes

• Planning and Research
• Developing an Economic Development Plan
• Reports
• Identification of Potential Development Sites
• Land Use, Zoning Reviews
• List Development
• Shopper, Merchant, Property Owner Surveys, Focus Groups

• Program Activities
• BID Development
• Business Attraction
• Business Development and Support
• Holiday Lighting
• Marketing, Coop Advertising
• Promotional Events
• Street Fairs
• Traffing Planning

• Real Estate
• Real Estate

• Resources
• Board Net
• Citizens for NYC
• Lawyers Alliance
• Nonprofit Coordinating Committee
• SBIDC
• Other