Merchant Organizing in Woodlawn

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Merchant Organizing in Woodlawn A Case Study Prepared for KRVC’s Funder:

Develop & Understand your Goal To build a merchants association that will become part of the fabric of the community with a goal of working with residents and community leaders and institutions to achieve and maintain a vibrant commercial corridor, which will serve all constituencies including residents, business and property owners. Vibrant commercial corridor

Identify a Few Key Merchants and Biz and Property Owners

Get to Know the Community elected officials, community board, schools, religious institutions, community groups, etc. – build a constituency of interested groups.

Hold Organizing Meetings

Get Established Draft bylaws, seek incorporation, elect officers, develop a schedule of monthly meetings, etc. Click here for the organizing packet Guide to forming a Merchants Association prepared for the Merchants of Woodlawn by the Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Van Cortlandt Development Corporation/KRVC

Move Forward Set specific goals, organize committees to achieve goals (everything from a logo to a website to addressing issues such as safety and empty spaces, to beautification projects, etc.) Hold events and organize special activities, programs, etc.

Examples KRVC received funding from SBS for this website: www.krvcdc.org Merchant Organizing 101: http://www.krvcdc.org/programs/merchant-organizing-support Link above includes basic info about our merchant organizing work. It also includes a link to the Meet the Merchants movie we produced in Woodlawn last year with our SBS funding. http://www.krvcdc.org/news/woodlawn-heights-merchants-meeting Link above includes a photo and brief description of our first merchant organizing in Woodlawn, held in March 2011, http://www.krvcdc.org/news/woodlawn-holiday-festival Link above includes photos and a brief description of a SBS-funded festival we held to showcase the businesses along Katonah Avenue in December 2011. It also contains a link to the page that has the event booklet for the event. Booklet cover. Booklet Part One. Booklet Part Two. http://www.krvcdc.org/news/state-senator-klein-swears-woodlawn-merchants-association-president Link above includes photos and a brief description of an Association meeting and dinner where State Senator Jeff Klein swore in the newly-elected President of the Association - December 2011. http://www.krvcdc.org/news/movie-night-woodlawn Link above includes photos and a brief description of an event we held in Woodlawn last spring where we showed our Meet the Merchants movie - June 2013. http://www.krvcdc.org/news/meet-woodlawn-merchants-movie-vimeo This final link is just when we first posted link to the Meet the Merchants movie on Vimeo-August 2013. http://www.krvcdc.org/news/special-website-launch-event This is the event where we launched the website and described a lot of the work we have done, including the SBS-funded work, since I became KRVC's Executive Director in April 2010. This event was held in October 2013.

Merchant Organizing Month by Month Month 1 – Identify Community Partners and Core Merchants Month 2 – Hold Organizing Meeting – Set Broad Goals, Develop a schedule of monthly meetings Month 3 – Hold Merchant Meeting – Set More Specific Goals, Schedule Officer Elections, Establish Committees Month 4 – Hold Merchant Meeting – Hold Officer Elections, Schedule Committee Meetings Month 5 – Hold Merchant Meeting and Committee Meetings – Draft Bylaws, Start Incorporation Process, Develop Comprehensive Merchant/Community Database, Develop Plans and Timeline to Address Specific Goals via Committees Month 6 – Hold Merchant Meeting and Committee Meetings – Pass Bylaws, Prepare Incorporation Documents, Develop plans to accomplish specific goals (website, newsletter, events, etc.) By Month 12 – Hold Monthly Merchant and Committee Meetings – Incorporate, Launch a Website, Release Newsletters, Hold Events, etc.