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The article reports that Harlem, New York City, based merchants affected by imminent vacate notices from the Sigfeld Group and Kimco Realty Corp. have said that the owners are now trying to broker a deal that would compensate for relocating their respective enterprises or otherwise aid their reestablishment elsewhere. Philip Bulgar, owner of the restaurant Manna's, confirmed that the restaurant is considering a monetary deal to vacate on or about February 2008.

When the triple forces of Brooklyn Academy of Music, MetroTech and the Atlantic Center Mall converged upon downtown Brooklyn with plans for revitalization, merchants of Fulton Street looked on with something less than hope. In all of these plans for economic revitalization of the area, no one took into account the mom-and-pop establishments who expressed the creative, enterprising African-American energy, that Fort Greene was known for. The strip of Fulton Street from Hudson Street to Greene Avenue was renamed Bogolan Brooklyn and an Afrocentric thrust was given to that downtown area.

Mart 125, which was closed two years ago when the last merchant tenants were evicted, is slated for a revival. Now there is a plan afoot coming out of the office of Manhattan Borough President C. Virginia Fields to develop the space again as a retail center. It is an effort to create a space so some of the same merchants that were in Mart 125 can return. Mart 125 are concerned. Chappel Ventures is one of three Harlem-based businesses doing business as Harlem LLC, the joint venture that will develop the property.

Audrey Miller sat at a side table in Café 34, sipping her coffee and enthusiastically scribbling notes, eager to talk about her clothing line, gift book and the television scripts she has developed. The charming and animated business ingénue describes her label, Yimmee, as easy wrap-around wear that can be used in a number of ways by a variety of women of all ages and proportions. A resident of Richmond Hills in Queens, N.Y. and a pursuer of many vocations, Audrey became interested in psychology while in the 11th grade at Francis Lewis High School in Jamaica, N.Y. Seeking a profession that would guarantee a steady income, she attended York College, where she received her undergraduate degree, and then went on to complete her master's in psychology at Columbia University. In 1998, seeking a change, the ambitious designer/author/scriptwriter returned to New York where the energy of New York once again revived her writing talents.

Reports the plan on the eviction of merchants at Mart 125 by the local government in New York City. Concept of the mart; Assessment of Richard Hollins, President of the Mart 125 Merchants Management Association Inc. on the eviction plan; View of Morris Powell, President of the Vendors Association on the plan.

Reports the pending eviction of the merchants of Mart 125 in New York. Refusal of the city government to accept the rental payment; Purpose of the city mayor for evicting the merchants; Plea of the merchants for the intervention of the city mayor.

The article reports on the merchants in Harlem in New York City in which they offer free books to children. These merchants will provide free books as long as the children will be able to answer some educational questions they will ask. Other members of the Harlem merchants include Donald Young and Pat Holloway.

This article focuses on various galleries throughout the exhibition titled "Slavery in New York," held in New York City. Several locations throughout the exhibition offer opportunities to stop and talk with children about slavery in New York. Several topics were also offered for a discussion. At one of the galleries, it is being informed that the slave trade was one element in a network that moved sugar and sugar byproducts like rum and molasses, tobacco, manufactured goods, and African slaves around the Atlantic world. It involved Europe, Africa, North and South America and the Caribbean. Another gallery suggested that objects in a wealthy merchant's house meant one thing to the white residents, and something very different to the household's slaves. Slaves were responsible for tasks, like laundry and hauling wood, that required steps and materials unfamiliar to many New Yorkers today.

Reports on the meeting of the Central Harlem Merchants Association in New York City, to discuss ways to entice the community to patronize local shops. Key issues on holiday shopping addressed at the event; Plans of the association to promote Harlem businesses during the holiday season.

Focuses on a decision that excludes all minority vendors from selling their wares in Riverbank State Park during the 1996 summer season in New York City. Why the park was built; Replacement of the North River sewage plant by the park; Why the plant was forced out of the community; New York State's commitment to promote local entrepreneurship; Call for an investigation into vendor awards; Remarks from Maritta Dunn, chair of Community Board 9.

Reports that the Merrick Boulevard Local Development Corp. (MBLDC) and the merchants on Merrick Boulevard in Queens, New York City have participated in a program to beautify their street. Details of the program.