East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District 1904 East Passyunk Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19148 East Passyunk Avenue Business Im- provement District will be revving up its engines for the Eighth Annual Car Show and Street Festival (formerly the DooWop) on Sunday, July 28th, from noon to 5pm. e festival will be held on East Passyunk between Broad and Dickinson Streets. e festival will feature over 140 muscle, classic, antique, custom and show cars, trucks and motorcycles lining a 5-block stretch of the Avenue, as well as live mu- sic and DJs on every block, activities for the kids including a free moon bounce and circus performers at the Mifflin Tri- angle, car memorabilia and other ven- dors, and the Bang! Boom! CRAFT! Eighth Annual Car Show & Street Festival Sunday, July 28, noon-5pm (Rain Date: Sunday, August 4) Show at the Fountain hosted by Nice ings Handmade. e rain date is Sunday, August 4th and the festival is FREE for attendees, $15 for cars. Cars must register at EPA & Broad between 8am-1pm, but it is recommended to come early as the show usually fills up. Last year’s festival brought 7,000 visitors from the tri-state area down to the Av- enue! If you own or manage a business in the district, we encourage you to stay open for the event. is is an excellent opportunity to introduce your business to folks from the greater Philadelphia area and hopefully have a successful sales day. If you are not able to be open and you have security gates, we would appreciate it if you can make arrange- ments to pull your gates up during the event. Please be advised that if you sell food and did not get a vendor license from the Health Department, you are not permitted to set up outside. If you are not between Dickinson and Broad Streets, we will find a location for you to set up a table in the festi- val boundaries. Please contact Renee at 215-336-1455 or renee@visiteast- passyunk.com to make arrangements. If you are located between Moore and Mifflin Streets, Stogie Joe’s will have a band playing until 8pm but we will open the street by 6pm. You are also en- couraged to stay open and take advan- tage of the foot traffic. We would like to offer a special thanks to our sponsors for the event, which in- cludes Bai, Passyunk Avenue Revitaliza- tion Corporation, Pretzel Crisps, South Philly Review, WOGL 98.1 and Yelp. Businesses in areas of the City are learn- ing about simple pollution prevention practices to help keep stormwater pol- lutant-free and streams clean. Common urban stormwater pollutants include oil and grease, detergents, pesticides and herbicides, dirt and sediment from con- struction, litter, fertilizers and wastewa- ter from cleaning operations. Here are examples of simple things your business can do to help! 1. Green your property. Install plants and planters, which are eligible for a 50% reimbursement through EPABID’s Façade Program, to capture runoff and control pollutants while also beautifying your block. 2. Sweep to keep sites clean. Pick-up litter, dirt, sand, and silt from storefront, sidewalk, steps and parking areas using a broom and dust pan or other dry meth- ods that don’t produce waste water. 3. Cover and contain trash, materials, supplies and activities that can pollute stormwater when in contact with rain How to Be a Clean Water Partner and stormwater runoff. Secure lids to limit litter dispersal and liability. 5. Pick your poisons (a.k.a., toxics) wisely. Reduce toxic product use to limit site hazards, reduce risks, cut hazardous waste disposal costs, and prevent pollu- tion. 6. Educate employees, clients, cus- tomers, and contractors about site Clean Water Partner pollution prevention prac- tices. 7. Keep cleanup supplies accessible and on-hand, including brooms, dust- pan, shovel, rags, and strong, leak-proof disposal containers and bags. Clean Water Partners pilot project is supported by the Philadelphia Water Department. In the coming weeks, a representative from PA Environmental Council will be visiting area businesses to encourage businesses to adopt a Clean Water Partners Pledge and take simple steps control stormwater runoff and keep our rivers clean.. When they con- tact you, please consider participating. Participation is free and businesses tak- ing a pledge will be recognized. For more information or to sign up, contact Liz Feinberg at [email protected]. Façade Grants If you would like to make im- provements to the exterior of your building, including new signs, awnings, ma- sonry, planters and plant- ers, plants for existing planters and window boxes, windows, doors, profes- sional cleaning, and secu- rity systems, we can help! Please contact Renee at 215-336-1455 or renee@vis- iteastpassyunk.com for in- formation on the resources available to help you up- grade and enhance your property.
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East Passyunk Avenue Business Improvement District1904 East Passyunk Avenue,Philadelphia, PA 19148
East Passyunk Avenue Business Im-provement District will be revving up its engines for the Eighth Annual Car Show and Street Festival (formerly the DooWop) on Sunday, July 28th, from noon to 5pm. The festival will be held on East Passyunk between Broad and Dickinson Streets.
The festival will feature over 140 muscle, classic, antique, custom and show cars, trucks and motorcycles lining a 5-block stretch of the Avenue, as well as live mu-sic and DJs on every block, activities for the kids including a free moon bounce and circus performers at the Mifflin Tri-angle, car memorabilia and other ven-dors, and the Bang! Boom! CRAFT!
Eighth Annual Car Show & Street FestivalSunday, July 28, noon-5pm (Rain Date: Sunday, August 4)
Show at the Fountain hosted by Nice Things Handmade. The rain date is Sunday, August 4th and the festival is FREE for attendees, $15 for cars. Cars must register at EPA & Broad between 8am-1pm, but it is recommended to come early as the show usually fills up.
Last year’s festival brought 7,000 visitors from the tri-state area down to the Av-enue! If you own or manage a business in the district, we encourage you to stay open for the event. This is an excellent opportunity to introduce your business to folks from the greater Philadelphia area and hopefully have a successful sales day. If you are not able to be open and you have security gates, we would
appreciate it if you can make arrange-ments to pull your gates up during the event. Please be advised that if you sell food and did not get a vendor license from the Health Department, you are not permitted to set up outside.
If you are not between Dickinson and Broad Streets, we will find a location for you to set up a table in the festi-val boundaries. Please contact Renee at 215-336-1455 or [email protected] to make arrangements. If you are located between Moore and Mifflin Streets, Stogie Joe’s will have a band playing until 8pm but we will open the street by 6pm. You are also en-couraged to stay open and take advan-tage of the foot traffic.
We would like to offer a special thanks to our sponsors for the event, which in-cludes Bai, Passyunk Avenue Revitaliza-tion Corporation, Pretzel Crisps, South Philly Review, WOGL 98.1 and Yelp.
Businesses in areas of the City are learn-ing about simple pollution prevention practices to help keep stormwater pol-lutant-free and streams clean. Common urban stormwater pollutants include oil and grease, detergents, pesticides and herbicides, dirt and sediment from con-struction, litter, fertilizers and wastewa-ter from cleaning operations. Here are examples of simple things your business can do to help!1. Green your property. Install plants and planters, which are eligible for a 50% reimbursement through EPABID’s Façade Program, to capture runoff and control pollutants while also beautifying your block.2. Sweep to keep sites clean. Pick-up litter, dirt, sand, and silt from storefront, sidewalk, steps and parking areas using a broom and dust pan or other dry meth-ods that don’t produce waste water.3. Cover and contain trash, materials, supplies and activities that can pollute stormwater when in contact with rain
How to Be a Clean Water Partnerand stormwater runoff. Secure lids to limit litter dispersal and liability.5. Pick your poisons (a.k.a., toxics) wisely. Reduce toxic product use to limit site hazards, reduce risks, cut hazardous waste disposal costs, and prevent pollu-tion.6. Educate employees, clients, cus-tomers, and contractors about site Clean Water Partner pollution prevention prac-tices. 7. Keep cleanup supplies accessible and on-hand, including brooms, dust-pan, shovel, rags, and strong, leak-proof disposal containers and bags.Clean Water Partners pilot project is supported by the Philadelphia Water Department. In the coming weeks, a representative from PA Environmental Council will be visiting area businesses to encourage businesses to adopt a Clean Water Partners Pledge and take simple steps control stormwater runoff and keep our rivers clean.. When they con-tact you, please consider participating.
Participation is free and businesses tak-ing a pledge will be recognized. For more information or to sign up, contact Liz Feinberg at [email protected].
Façade GrantsIf you would like to make im-provements to the exterior of your building, including new signs, awnings, ma-sonry, planters and plant-ers, plants for existing planters and window boxes, windows, doors, profes-sional cleaning, and secu-rity systems, we can help! Please contact Renee at 215-336-1455 or [email protected] for in-formation on the resources available to help you up-grade and enhance your property.
The EPABID is a 501c3 non-profit corporation. As such we are re-quired to have a board of directors and meet on a regular basis. The East Passyunk Avenue Board of Directors:Jim Gallo, ChairmanVarnana Beuria, TreasurerFrancis Cratil , SecretaryCouncilman Mark Squilla Frank DiCiccoNancy MelchioreLynn RinaldiThomas RumbaughNicole Rae Styer Regularly scheduled Board of Directors’ meetings are open to the public by appointment. The Board meets on the second Tues-day of every month at 9am at the BID Office. If you would like an item added to the agenda at a meeting, please submit a request to Renee at 215-336-1455 or [email protected].
New to the AvenueAddiction Boutique at 1713 South 12th Street offers trendy women’s clothing and will help you dress like you are going to see your worst enemy. Preview their looks at www.addictionboutique.com.
Parents looking for natural options for diapers, clothing, bath care, toys and more will be thrilled with the wide selection of cloth diapers and more at Cloth at 1605 EPA. They’re open seven days and will have classes and workshops for new and expecting parents. Learn more at http://shopatcloth.com.
Garage at 1231 EPA is offering a huge variety of cold cans of craft beer seven days a week right in the heart of America’s most famous cheese steak corner. They’ve also built a food truck inside which will feature rotating chefs, some from other trucks and some from tra-ditional restaurants offering street food for a night. Cheers!
Our 7thAnnual Flavors of the Avenue, held on Saturday, April 27, was a huge success! Visitors enjoyed a true taste of
FLAVORS OF THE AVENUE GREAT SUCCESS!
East Passyunk Avenue from our award-winning restaurants, the Crafty Balboa craft show, vendors and live music by lo-cal bands and the Jackson School Rock Band. Thank you to everyone who par-ticipated – particularly our hard-working chefs, kitchen staff and volunteers who worked tirelessly to put out wonderful local fare and drinks to 1,000 hungry guests! This year’s participating restaurants and cafes were: Belle Cakery, Birra, Cantina Los Caballitos, Chiarella’s, El Zarape, Fond, Fuel, Ippolito’s, Izumi, Le Virtu, Lucky 13, Mamma Maria Ristorante, Marra’s, Ms. Goody Cupcake, Noir, Noord, Paradiso, Plenty, Sophia’s, South Philly Bar & Grill, Stateside, Stogie Joe’s,
Tre Scalini and Will BYOB.
We would especially like to thank the participating restaurants for donating all of their food and labor so that we can use the money raised from Flavors to fund an increased security operation, which includes 2 officers patrolling the Avenue from midnight to 3am from Memorial Day to Labor Day Weekend. Many thanks to our Sponsors! This year’s Premium Sponsors were Philadelphia Weekly and Yelp. Sponsors included Cavit Collection, Gold Medal Disposal, Origlio Beverage, ParkOps, Passyunk Av-enue Revitalization Corporation, South Philly Review, Urban Jungle and Where Magazine.
1,000 hungry guests packed our Food Tent this year!
Crafty Balboa Organizer Amy Buller, Kory Aversa, and Top Chef Contestant Jennifer Carroll at Flavors
EPABID and Passyunk Av-enue Revitalization Corpora-tion are working hard to keep East Passyunk even cleaner with new street cleaning equipment! You may see us post ‘no parking’ signs from time to time to get to the hard-to-reach gutters – please help us reach the tough spots by following the signs.
New Street Cleaning Equipment
The East Passyunk Avenue Business Im-provement District is a non-profit and relies on the help of volunteers to com-plete our many projects and bring new ideas to the table. Our Promotions Com-mittee meets on the first Tuesday of every month at 10am at the BID office. If you have an idea for a new event or promo-tion or something you’d like to see added to our existing programs, this is the venue
to have your idea become a reality!
We also need volunteers for all of our special events. If you are interested in becoming a committee member or would like more information volunteering for any of our projects, please contact Re-nee Gilinger at 215-336-1455 or [email protected]. We need you to make our Avenue reach its full potential!
Volunteer
Unfortunately warm weather can also bring an increase in thefts and other crimes, including bicycle thefts, purse snatching, shoplifting and graffiti. Some things to remember:
If you or your tenants have expensive bikes or even just have expensive bike parts, try to bring them inside at night and always use a U Lock when this is not possible.
If you have outside tables at your res-taurant or café, ask your guests to come
Public Safety Alertinside to pay so they don’t leave money on the table.
Shoplifters often come in groups and not always at the same time and aren’t always just looking for unattended merchan-dise. Do not leave any personal valuable items like cell phones, purses, or laptops in reach.
If you or your staff have to leave your business late at night, please make sure someone accompanies you/them to a taxi or bus. EPABID has police officers
on the Avenue every Friday and Saturday from midnight to 3am, but it’s a long corridor and we all need to watch out for each other.
If you don’t have security cameras, we will reimburse you for 50% of the cost up to $1,000. Call Renee at 215-336-1455 or email [email protected] for an application – you MUST be approved before you order them.
Other great theft/graffiti deterrents in-clude motion lights that should be set to go on when the sun goes down and signs announcing surveillance. These are also eligible for our façade program.
Councilman Squilla presents a Citation to EPABID Executive Director Renee Gilinger and Board Chair Jim Gallo at a celebration for East Passyunk Avenue’s designation as a ‘Top 10 Foodie Street in America’ by Food & Wine Magazine!
