August 22, 2011

Partnership with Washington City Paper for Crafty Bastards on Saturday October 1 to drive foot traffic into your business

Adams Morgan Day Festival - September 11

Annual membership survey results are available

Metro Forward and Car Free Day - September 22!

Partnership with Washington City Paper for Crafty Bastards on Saturday October 1 to drive foot traffic into your business!

The Adams Morgan Partnership BID is pleased to announce a special partnership with Washington City Paper to drive more foot traffic into your business on Saturday, October 1, 2011.

ALL ITEMS BELOW ARE FREE TO ADAMS MORGAN BUSINESSES (EXCEPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD STAMPEDE WHICH IS $150 (half price due to partnership with the BID) AND LIMITED TO THE FIRST 12 MERCHANTS TO RESPOND)

Crafty Bastards, the annual arts and crafts fair on the campus of the Marie Reed School and Recreation Center is scheduled again for Saturday, October 1, 2011 from 10 am to 5 pm - rain or shine. This event brings 30 to 35,000 people into Adams Morgan for the day.

Through the sponsorship, the Adams Morgan Partnership BID will have a booth in the front entrance to the festival. At the booth we will pass out materials from all our businesses along with the FREE Pocket Guide maps. Please give Clarence Myers, our Safety Ambassador whatever cards, menus, flyers you would like us to distribute that day no later than September 28th.

In addition, we will pass out discount bracelets for any Adams Morgan business that wants to offer a special to shoppers on that day. This could be a percentage discount on all purchases that day or a free drink or a half price appetizer, whatever you would like to offer. Only people wearing the bracelet will be eligible for the special that day. Washington City Paper will place balloons outside each participating business to highlight your participation. They will also line 18th Street and Columbia Road with  additional balloons.

CRAFTY NEIGHBORHOOD STAMPEDE

For the first 12 businesses to respond, you will get a square block - 3x3 color ad - in the Crafty Bastards Guide on the Neighborhood Stampede page. There are 10,000 copies distributed the day off and 75,000 copies distributed throughout the DC region. Participants will visit all the stores on the stampede page and get their guide stamped. Once the participants return with all the blocks stamped by each buisness, they are entered to win a $800 grand prize. To participate, each business contributes $150 per business, plus a $50 gift card that goes into the grand prize, and another 100 discount coupons or other give away item. The first 100 participants to complete the stampede get the FREE goody bag worth $25+ in swag and $100 in coupons - all of your items.

Crafty Neighborhood Stampede businesses also receive:

* Logo/address/website list on the entry form ad in the 9/28 issue of the Washington City Paper

* Stamp and pad exclusive to your business

* Production, printing and distribution of 100 special discount coupon offers

* Traffic into your business during the promotion and redemption of the 100 spcial coupon offers

Deadline for participants in the Neighborhood Stampede: September 9.

Please contact Terri Holtz at the City Paper about the Neighborhood Stampede at: tholtz@washcp.com or 202-650-6936 or with any other questions about the sponsorship: Kristen at the AMPBID at 202-997-0783 or kbarden@adamsmorganonline.org .

Adams Morgan Day Festival - September 11

The 3 3rd Annual Adams Morgan Day Festival is soon approaching! Sunday September 11 from 10 am to 7 pm all along 18th Street from Florida to Columbia Road, NW.

There will be live music on two stages (Florida Ave and Columbia Road); Arts on Belmont with fine art, photography, jewelry, pottery and much more; Green Pavilion; Pet Zone; the Kids' Fair and food for every appetite!

This year's festival will have many of the features as previous years. The Festival will also have many new, and several improved pavilions. There is a brand new Health and Wellness Pavilion this year and the Green Pavilion will be returning again for the second year in a new and more visible location.

This is a free and family friendly event. For more information visit: www.adamsmorgandayfestival.com

Annual Membership Survey is completed - Results are available

The annual membership survey conducted at the end of July is now complete. Over 100 people completed the online and paper survey. Results from this year's survey and the previous 2 surveys are available upon request. Contact Kristen to get a copy of the results - kbarden@adamsmorganonline.org or 202-997-0783.

Thanks for your participation. This is an important tool to judge how we are doing.

Metro Forward and Car Free Day - September 22!

Have you noticed any changes in Metro lately? WMATA has launched Metro Forward, an aggressive campaign to let the public know that they are moving on many projects and eagerly responding to feedback and questions. Perhaps you've seen the posters plastered all over the stations touting " Metro Facts, "-easy-to-digest little nuggets of Metro news like these:

Metro Fact #2: To help ease travel through stations, Metro is overhauling or replacing 153 escalators at 25 stations on every line of the system.

Metro Fact #5: To improve reliability and service, Metro is replacing or rehabilitating 80% of its bus fleet.

Or perhaps you've noticed Metro's much larger online presence, with the recent addition of two new staff members, Dan Stessel and Brian Anderson, both devoted to keeping the public informed through social media.  Currently, over 14,400 people follow the @ WMATA Twitter handle to receive frequent and timely updates about Metro service and see their questions answered. The new team also recently released the first in a series of videos to show the public what goes on behind the scenes at Metro.

The scope of the Metro Forward project will ultimately include improvements such as new rail cars, buses and tracks, new technology and extensive rebuilding of essential infrastructure. For complete information, visit the WMATA website .

Car Free Day

Car Free Day is almost here again! On September 22, the DC region will join the international movement to "un-car" for the day. Millions have taken part worldwide, and last year in the District area, we were thrilled to have 7,000 participants who agreed to dump their cars for the day and try something different. This year's goal is 10,000! Take the pledge now and make plans for how to get around for the day by using public transit, bicycling or walking. If going completely car free isn't a viable option, you can also participate by going "car-lite," which includes activities like driving to public transit or car- or vanpooling.

Be sure to pledge even if you already go car free, so we can show the world that DC supports the initiative to reduce our dependence on automobiles. Visit goDCgo.com for tips on how to get around DC and use our interactive map to plan a route.