neighborhood retail

Conducting Merchant and Shopper Surveys: Best Practices Roundtable

Event on March 4, 2010

Have you conducted a survey in your commercial district recently? Thinking about how to improve your process for next time? If so, please join this hands-on workshop about designing and conducting better merchant and shopper surveys.

This event will feature helpful presentations on designing and conducting surveys in commercial districts, as well as one-on-one break-out sessions with the presenters.

Bring your lunch, past surveys and your questions about designing the best possible survey for your commercial district.

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Event Details

Thursday, March 4, 2010 - 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Pratt Center for Community Development, 379 DeKalb Ave, 2nd floor

Neighborhood Retail

Project last updated April 7, 2009

Policies and Planning in Support of Local Businesses

The Pratt Center is working with community partners on new neighborhood-based and citywide strategies to strengthen neighborhood retail as a strategy for community economic development in a worsening economy.

Church Avenue Retail Study

Past Project last updated April 6, 2009

The Church Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) has retained the Pratt Center to conduct a retail market study and needs assessment, with the goal of making sure the already successful retail strip -- the shopping hub of Flatbush -- better serves a neighborhood where the poor and middle class live side by side.

State Senate Retail Report Relies on Pratt Center Research

News last updated August 10, 2010

The Pratt Center's research and recommendations on preserving diverse retail in New York's neighborhoods are heavily cited in a new report from State Senators Daniel Squadron and Shirley Huntley, "New York Retail: Serving the Public"

A follow-up to the 2009 Senate Committee on Cities hearing about the obstacles to independent retail in New York CIty and State (read the Pratt Center's testimony here), the report higlights promising policies and strategies that can be put to work to support businesses, increase neighborhood vitality and expand residents' shopping options.