On June 3, 2021, the Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce will be celebrating the relaxed NYS Covid-related restrictions on our small businesses with a GRAND RE-OPENING ribbon cutting. The event will take place on Farmingdale’s Village Green, adjacent to Village Hall, 361 Main Street, Farmingdale, at 5pm.  We’re looking forward to seeing all of our members get back-to-business, especially the hardest hit restaurant industry, and thriving as they were pre-Covid.   

We’re also celebrating the formation of Main Street’s Business Improvement District (BID) which encompasses the portion of Main Street from Prospect Street to N Front Street, just past the railroad tracks. There hasn’t been a new business improvement district in Nassau County in over 20 years. 

A business improvement district (BID) is a commercial district that assembles funds to be used to collectively enhance the area. This new BID allows the merchants to better plan and pay for maintenance and enhancements to the Farmingdale Downtown. Some examples of what they could use the funds for would be for snow removal, advertising, special events, security cameras, a directory kiosk, etc. The BID can also apply for grant money from federal, state, and local municipalities to promote downtown business.

Farmingdale’s BID’s board of directors is comprised of Village business owners:  Nick DeVito (President), Tony Kathreptis (Vice President), Walter Priestley (Secretary), Joe Fortuna (Treasurer), Maria Josephine Winant, Chris Werle, Christina Bisbee, Bill Carman, and Joe Garcia.

Farmingdale Chamber of Commerce is looking forward to kicking off this exciting and hopeful time where we can once again enjoy the company of friends and family in the Farmingdale Downtown. We invite Farmingdale’s Elected Officials, Chamber Members, and all interested Farmingdale residents to join us in the celebration. 
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