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Celebrating Sustainable Local Businesses

In our neighborhoods, several small, community-rooted shops have long embraced environmentally conscious practices, whether through reuse, ethical sourcing, or fostering mindful consumption. This Earth Day, we’re highlighting a group of standout businesses that were Village Preservation Businesses of the Month whose missions align with sustainability in thoughtful and inspiring ways. A Sustainable Village – 50 […]

Earth Day in the Village: The Greenest Building is the One That’s Already Built

As Earth Day blooms across New York City, there’s a special kind of quiet beauty on every tree-lined street of Greenwich Village, the East Village, and NoHo — neighborhoods where history is embedded in the dust of every brick. While global sustainability efforts often spotlight solar panels and LEED certifications, this Earth Day, let’s celebrate […]

Welcome to the Neighborhood: Eva Joan, 22 8th Avenue

Today we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo you’re excited about by emailing us at info@villagepreservation.org. As advocates for local small business, we find great satisfaction in hearing of new independent establishments opening […]

Welcome to the Neighborhood: Sustainable Village, 318 East 9th Street

Today we welcome a new small business to our neighborhoods — help us welcome the next. Tell us which new independent store in Greenwich Village, the East Village, or NoHo you’re excited about by emailing us at info@villagepreservation.org. As advocates for local small business, we find great satisfaction in hearing of new independent establishments opening […]

Which Building is Greenest?

We are all becoming increasingly “green” minded – we recycle, reuse and buy local. Yet, when it comes to the built environment many believe that building new is a better alternative than the adaptive reuse and rehabilitation of historic buildings.  So, which building is greenest? A new documentary, “The Greenest Building,” seeks to answer that […]