White Plains Downtown District Management Association Inc.

Filing Period

Jul 1, 2009 to Jun 30, 2010

Signed

Mar 15, 2011

Return Version

2009v1.7

Gross Receipts

$827,014

Mission

Major Activities

Activity 2

Special Events and Promotions are events designed to attract shoppers to downtown White Plains. The organization markets and promotes our member businesses and the events that they hold during the year. Some examples of the events held during the year that the organization helps promote are: Taste of Downtown, Clean and Green, Cityfest, Oktoberfest, and New Year's Eve. These events attract over 25,000 people to the downtown on a yearly basis.

Activity 3

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of Union troops available to enforce the new Executive order. However, with the surrender of General Lee in April of 1865, and the arrival of General Granger's regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence and overcome the resistance.In 2003 the State of New York proclaimed that June nineteenth is to be known as Juneteenth Freedom Day. Shortly there after the White Plains Juneteenth Heritage Committee was formed with the support of Mayor Joseph Delfino, County Legislator Lois Bronz, the White Plains Common Council and African American civic leaders, clergy, community activists and local residents.Five years ago, White Plains joined the growing number of American cities commemorating Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration observing the end of slavery in the United States. White Plains annually holds a parade observing Juneteenth.

Filer

EIN

13-4019316