Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership

The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership oversees the economic revitalization of Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.

The Partnership is comprised of two entities, the Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project Local Development Corporation (MARP) and the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Business Improvement District (BID), working together to assist the small businesses located along the avenue and improve the quality of life of the surrounding neighborhoods.

The Partnership boards of directors are comprised of avenue merchants and property owners, local business and community leaders, universities, not-for-profits, and area residents. These two boards work in tandem to provide the vision and leadership necessary to maintain and enhance Myrtle Avenue.

Staff:

Michael Blaise Backer - Executive Director
Dan Desoto - Graphic Designer
Hernan Guerrero - Program Manager, Planning & Preservation
Meredith Phillips Almeida - Director, Community Development
Raome Quinones - Streetscape Inspector
Jennifer Stokes - Program Manager, Business Assistance

Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project LDC

The Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project Local Development Corporation, often referred to as MARP, is a not-for-profit, 501(c)3, local development corporation incorporated in January 1999 and founded with the mission to restore the “Main Street” of the Fort Greene and Clinton Hill community to a bustling, economically vital neighborhood commercial corridor that provides entrepreneurial, cultural, recreational, and employment opportunities for all those who live, work, study or have an interest in the area.

Board of Directors:

Chair:

Dr. Thomas F. Schutte - Pratt Institute

Sharon Barnes - Society for Clinton Hill
Deacon David Brandt - Church of the Open Door
P. Ann Daniels - Willoughby Walk Co-ops
John Dew - Clinton Hill Co-ops
Seth Edwards - JP Morgan Chase
Michael Flanagan - Citibank
Barry Ford - Clinton Hill Society
Dr. Georgianna Glose - Fort Greene SNAP
Ruth L. Goldstein - Fort Greene Association
Gary Hattem - Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation
Stuart Leffler - ConEdison
Mike Massiah - Port Authority of NY & NJ
Jose Ramon Sanchez - Long Island University
Lawrence Whiteside - Community Board 2

Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Business Improvement District

The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn BID was signed into law by Mayor Michael Bloomberg in November 2004 and incorporated in March 2005. The BID encompasses those properties fronting Myrtle Avenue from Flatbush Avenue Extension to Classon Avenue, and provides supplementary sanitation, graffiti removal, and promotional services to the district.

Board of Directors:

Chair:

Dr. Thomas F. Schutte - Pratt Institute

Doug Bowen – Commercial Property Owner and Clinton Hill Resident
Ed Brown – President, Ingersoll Houses Tenant Association
John Dew – President, Clinton Hill Co-ops
Gurvan Duncan – Commercial Property and Business Owner, Duncan’s Quality Fish Market
Larry Esposito – Commercial Property Owner
Larry Hoy – Commercial Property Owner
Dane Huggins – Commercial Property and Business Owner, Head Over Heels
Letitia James – New York City Council Member
Jed Marcus – Commercial Property Owner
Marty Markowitz – Brooklyn Borough President
Karen Tappin Saunderson – Karen's Body Beautiful
William C. Thompson, Jr. – NYC Comptroller
Robert W. Walsh – NYC Dept. of Small Business Services Commissioner
Aricka Westbrooks – Jive Turkey