Plainfield's Urban Enterprise Zone [UEZ] and Special Improvement District [SID] joined together on Saturday, December 10th, to rev up Plainfield retailers' Holiday season with a visit from Santa and free horse-and-wagon rides.
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A small visitor
shares a
Holiday wish
with Santa. . .
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 . . .and another small visitor looks offstage for a suggestion. |
 Each child's chat
with Santa was
recorded as a
takealong snapshot.
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 Hundreds of children
and their families
lined up in the
YWCA's spacious lobby
for the visit with Santa.
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 The Plainfield Girlchoir performed Holiday selections for the event.  Brian Cox as audio man
backed up the musical
performers.
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 A stop for facepainting by Plainfield artist Pedro Baez was a must.
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 Sisters In The Kitchen outdid themselves with an assortment of cookies and cocoa.
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 The littlest
Sister In The Kitchen
dons her plastic gloves
for serving food.
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 Guests take a cookies 'n cocoa break after facepainting.
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 After visiting Santa, guests had an opportunity for a horse-and-wagon ride that included downtown and South Avenue in a loop. The ride was sponsored by the new Special Improvement District.
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 Pat Ballard Fox,
Economic Development Director
shows off the Urban Enterprise
Zone's spiffy new logo.
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The Urban Enterprise Zone is a state-designated program intended to help communities revitalize their urban cores through a grant program funded by the 3% sales tax collected on retail sales by member businesses. For more information, contact the Plainfield UEZ at (908) 753-3602.
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The Special Improvement District is dedicated to the improvement of the business climate for the businesses in its boundaries. Set up by the City Council at the request of the member businesses, it is funded by a special self-assessment by the merchants and a contribution by the City. For more information about the SID, contact coordinator David Biagini at (908) 756-1088, or president Lisa Cohen of Suburban Jewelers at (908) 756-1774.
Keywords: Plainfield, UEZ, SID, marketing, holidays, YWCA
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