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		<title>New York Main Street Grant Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York Main Street (NYMS) Grant Program
 
Design Criteria
The Guidelines are intended to assist in applying standards to projects generally; consequently, they are not meant to give case-specific advice or address exceptions or rare instances. For example, they cannot tell you which feature of the building are important and must be preserved. This kind of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tompkinsville Facade Improvement Program Fact Sheet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Downtown Staten Island Council’s
Tompkinsville Façade Improvement Program
Funded by New York Main Street Grant &#38; Office of Community Renewal
New York City Department of Small Business Services
The Staten Island Foundation
 
 
TOMPKINSVILLE FAÇADE IMPROVEMENT

 PROGRAM FACT SHEET
The New York Main Street Program for the Tompkinsville community provides partial grants for the restoration, repair and renovation of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownsi.com/wp/2010/02/25/tompkinsville-facade-improvement-program-fact-sheet/</link>
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		<title>It’s Tax Time!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Check out Downtown Staten Island tax services available at 
your local Liberty Tax office!

Staten Island, NY Liberty Tax Service, the fastest growing tax service ever is opening a new office in at 400 Victory Boulevard in Downtown Staten Island. Offices are open from 9am to 9pm during tax season.  Tax professionals will provide free tax [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownsi.com/wp/2010/02/25/it%e2%80%99s-tax-time/</link>
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		<title>MTA Public Hearing</title>
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In December the MTA unveiled a package of service cuts that is a slap in the face to millions of New Yorkers across the five boroughs.  Your borough now faces critical cuts in service that will negatively affect the commutes of thousands of Staten Island residents each day.  Please click here to sign our petition [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownsi.com/wp/2010/02/25/mta-public-hearing/</link>
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		<title>Tompkinsville Facade Improvement Program Overview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Downtown Staten Island’s New York Main Street Program 
 
About New York Main Street

Throughout the country, Main Streets &#8211; the once thriving centers of commerce and social activity of most communities &#8211; have struggled to compete with shopping malls and experienced a period of decline. Realizing this underutilized potential, Governor George E. Pataki announced creation [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownsi.com/wp/2010/02/25/downtown-staten-islands-new-york-main-street-program/</link>
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		<title>Event # 1</title>
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		<link>http://www.downtownsi.com/wp/2010/02/24/event-1/</link>
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		<title>Thank You For Attending Our Annual Meeting and Holiday Reception</title>
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		<link>http://www.downtownsi.com/wp/2009/12/17/thank-you-for-attending-our-annual-meeting-and-holiday-reception/</link>
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		<title>DSIC APPLAUDS MAYOR &amp; BP FOR PLANS TO REDEVELOP STAPLETON HOMEPORT</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the announcement of a prominent and credible developer for a newly conceived Homeport site, the Downtown Staten Island Council, LDC applauds Mayor Michael Bloom berg and New York Economic Development Corp. together with Cassandra Properties for achieving what has been elusive for the decommissioned site for so long.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Staten Island Borough President [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownsi.com/wp/2009/10/15/dsic-applauds-mayor-bp-for-plans-to-redevelop-stapleton-homeport/</link>
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		<title>FERRY RETAIL LEASING</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New York City Economic Development Corporation assumed responsibility for construction and leasing of the retail spaces in the St. George Ferry Terminal in November, 2008.  Since this time, significant construction work has been completed including the demising of the tenant spaces, delivering of utilities to the spaces, and installation of uniformly designed metal and glass [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownsi.com/wp/2009/10/15/ferry-retail-leasing/</link>
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		<title>Tompkinsville Neighborhood Watch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
Happy end of summer!  Hope you all had a safe, quiet and enjoyable summer here in Tompkinsville.
It came to my attention that many of you were not receiving the Tompkinsville Neighborhood Watch (TNW) emailed updates, so I retyped our entire email list and I hope everyone who we met back in March 2009 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.downtownsi.com/wp/2009/09/14/tompkinsville-neighborhood-watch/</link>
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