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A Bond Across The Pond: A First of its Kind Twinning Joins Two Important Business Improvement Districts (BID) and Forges a Bond Across the Pond in Two Radical Communities of Color

NEW YORK and BRIXTON, London, June 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — In an important move, the Harlem 125th Street Business Improvement District and the Brixton BID have announced the first ever Twinning of two such organizations. Both BIDs are located in communities with a long and rich history of being the epicenters for a convergence of diversity, informed by a high percentage of its population being of African descent, representing various parts of the diaspora, living and working within the BID’s borders.

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Barbara Askins, BID President & CEO, Makes Manhattan Power 50 List

Usually the humming epicenter of New York City, Manhattan looks and feels very different this year. The pandemic has emptied out midtown’s office buildings and thrown its housing market into chaos. But hope is not lost.

From the heads of financial firms to health care centers, from the directors of nonprofits to business improvement districts, from educators to activists, here are the private-sector leaders who are already planning how to bring Manhattan back – and better than ever.

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