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Lower Manhattan Food Celebration Kicks Off on Tuesday with 18th Annual Dine Around Downtown Festival on May 21; Continues with Weekly Get Low Dining Deals All Summer Long

Lower Manhattan Food Celebration Kicks Off on Tuesday with 18th Annual Dine Around Downtown Festival on May 21; Continues with Weekly Get Low Dining Deals All Summer Long

 The Alliance for Downtown New York is celebrating the food scene in Lower Manhattan by making it easier to try dozens of established and new...

Lower Manhattan Private Sector Employment Exceeds Immediate Pre-9/11 Levels

Lower Manhattan Private Sector Employment Exceeds Immediate Pre-9/11 Levels

Private-sector employment in Lower Manhattan has swelled to 251,224 private-sector employees, rebounding past immediate pre-9/11 levels and...

Downtown Alliance Honors Five Community Members with Exceptional Service Awards

Downtown Alliance Honors Five Community Members with Exceptional Service Awards

The Alliance for Downtown New York presented Exceptional Service Awards to five outstanding members of the Lower Manhattan community this morning at...

Lower Manhattan Named Downtown Design District for NYCxDESIGN

Lower Manhattan Named Downtown Design District for NYCxDESIGN

NYCxDESIGN is officially coming to Lower Manhattan from May 10-22 with the launch of a new Downtown Design District supported by The Alliance for...

Alliance for Downtown New York Honors  Nine Public Safety Officers for Remarkable Service

Alliance for Downtown New York Honors Nine Public Safety Officers for Remarkable Service

The Alliance for Downtown New York honored nine Public Safety Officers for their outstanding service and success in making Lower Manhattan one of the...

Healthcare and Nonprofits Employ 1 in 7 Private Sector Workers in Lower Manhattan

Healthcare and Nonprofits Employ 1 in 7 Private Sector Workers in Lower Manhattan

Today, there are more than 1,000 nonprofit and healthcare companies in Lower Manhattan including some of the most well known names such as...

Kaleidoscopic Prisms Bring Color to  Lower Manhattan Plazas from March 15 – April 21

Kaleidoscopic Prisms Bring Color to Lower Manhattan Plazas from March 15 – April 21

The Downtown Alliance is bringing Prismatica, an interactive art trail of 25 kaleidoscopes, to three privately owned public plazas at 75 Wall Street,...

Alliance Aims to Clean Up Residential Garbage with New Sanitation Guide

Alliance Aims to Clean Up Residential Garbage with New Sanitation Guide

The residential population in Lower Manhattan has almost tripled since 9/11 and over 62,000 residents now call Lower Manhattan home.  "This is one...

Downtown Alliance Offering Two $10,000 Downtown Digital Innovation Grants

Downtown Alliance Offering Two $10,000 Downtown Digital Innovation Grants

NEW YORK (February 20, 2019) – For the second year running, the Alliance for Downtown New York is seeking applications for its Downtown Digital...

Banner Year in Lower Manhattan Leasing

Banner Year in Lower Manhattan Leasing

NEW YORK (February 11, 2019) – Lower Manhattan captured over 5.5 million square feet of new commercial leasing activity in 2018 with a surge of...

LMHQ + Con Edison Team Up To Offer Free Event Space To NYC Nonprofits

LMHQ + Con Edison Team Up To Offer Free Event Space To NYC Nonprofits

LMHQ and Con Edison have extended their Bright Ideas grant program to offer free event space and meeting rooms to New York City nonprofits. ...

Lower Manhattan Pilots New York City’s First  Secure Bike Parking Pod Oonee

Lower Manhattan Pilots New York City’s First Secure Bike Parking Pod Oonee

 The Alliance for Downtown New York has partnered with Brooklyn-based Oonee to bring New York City's first secure bike pod to the...