A coalition of enterprise and group teams will maintain kickoff occasions in 4 Lengthy Island downtowns Thursday to assist promote their festivals and points of interest forward of the Fourth of July weekend.
Representatives from greater than a dozen chambers of commerce, Imaginative and prescient Lengthy Island, Lengthy Island Most important Road Alliance, small enterprise homeowners and civic leaders will be part of a caravan that may cease within the downtowns of Baldwin, Farmingdale, Kings Park and Riverhead all through the day.
The group will likely be urging individuals to take part in occasions that will likely be held all through the summer time and into the autumn in additional than 70 Lengthy Island downtowns and communities. These occasions embrace festivals, reside music nights, outside arts displays, cultural points of interest, and different household actions.
The intention of the hassle is to remind Lengthy Islanders that they don’t should journey, and so they can keep nearer to dwelling to assist native companies of their communities. The group can even be asking for funding from the state to advertise Lengthy Island downtowns, in response to a written assertion.
Frank Camarano, president of the Nassau Council of Chambers, mentioned Lengthy Island communities have a lot to supply and the kick-off marks the start of chambers of commerce working collectively to deliver occasion info to the individuals.
“Hyper-hyper-local sharing of occasions on our web sites, social media and native publications, each in print and on-line, will evolve over time into one thing nice,” Camarano mentioned within the assertion. “Let’s all assist our communities, whereas having quite a lot of enjoyable within the course of. Store and play native.”
Joseph Garcia, president of the Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce, mentioned Lengthy Island communities are made up of a community and connection of small enterprise, points of interest and occasions.
“Domestically the choices in our downtowns and communities rival these situated a aircraft, practice, and car away,” Garcia mentioned within the assertion. “By attending native occasions you assist our small companies and communities. We additionally name on the state to assist in selling native occasions and actions to maintain the financial engine of Lengthy Island cruising alongside.”
Connie Lassandro, president of the Riverhead Chamber of Commerce, mentioned the previous couple of years of the pandemic have been among the space’s darkest days, however now her downtown is coming alive once more.
“Have fun and have enjoyable at all or any of our summer time occasions together with Alive on 25, The Cardboard Race, Reflextions, Paddle Battle, the forty sixth Annual Nation Truthful and Octoberfest,” Lassandro mentioned within the assertion. “Go to and keep at one among our many inns and patronize our eating places, breweries, Suffolk Theater, Lengthy Island Aquarium or simply benefit from the stunning riverfront. Welcome to our downtown, come discover and have enjoyable.”
The kick-off begins at 10 a.m. within the parking zone behind Kitty O’Hara’s at 845 Merrick Ave. in Baldwin. The caravan strikes to Farmingdale’s Most important Road Village Inexperienced at 11:30 a.m.; then stops on the clock tower on Most important Road in Kings Park at 1 p.m.; winding up at Grangebel Park on Peconic Avenue in Riverhead at 2:30 p.m.
The coalition can also be planning one other spherical of a number of downtown visits subsequent week.
