Supporting Small Businesses

Village Preservation works to support, promote, and protect small independent businesses in our neighborhoods. We do this through our Business of the Month, Welcome to the Neighborhood, and Small Business, Big History programs, and through our Annual Village Awards. We have advocated for businesses facing unfair evictions or rent hikes, and for legislative measures that would help to preserve small businesses. These have included initiatives that would help limit rent increases for commercial tenants, as well as zoning regulations that would restrict chain stores in certain locations.

Business of the Month

Read about all of our Businesses of the Month

Every month, Village Preservation honors an independent store that has made a special contribution to Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo. Nominate a business for this program here!

Celebrating 100 Businesses of the Month

On February 24, 2023, Village Preservation named its 100th Business of the Month, a milestone for the program, which started in 2014. In honor of the occasion, we produced this video spotlighting some of those amazing businesses. Enjoy!

Welcome to the Neighborhood

Read our Welcome to the Neighborhood blog posts

This program highlights unique new small businesses in Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo. Know a new independent business in the neighborhood that we should be welcoming? E-mail us here! 

Small Business, Big History

Our Small Business, Big History program connects the locations of participating small businesses with stories about their building, street, or immediate vicinity. (A full-screen map is available here.)