SEPTEMBER, 2006
Our committee chair, Elizabeth Carey, was very pleased with the success of the South End Concierge Event. Over 40 Concierges came to the South End stroll which included numerous stops at SEBA members’ businesses. The evening ended at 28 Degrees with raffles and goodie bags.

AUGUST 29, 2006
The South End Map is released with a distribution of 75,000 copies.

JULY 13, 2006
Published in the South End News:
South End Sidewalk Sale
Get out your credit cards and your walking shoes, because the second annual South End Sidewalk Sale will be rolling into the neighborhood Saturday and Sunday, July 22 and 23. More than 15 neighborhood retailers — perennials favorites like Aunt Sadie’s, Garage Sale, Jari, Turtle, and Uniform — will be setting up tables outside and offering discounts up to 75 percent off. For more information on the event, which is being sponsored by the South End Business Alliance, contact Storey Hieronymus Hauck at Turtle, at 617.266.2610. Other participating retailers include Boston Flower Market, Lekker Home, Posh, Michelle Willey Home Boutique, Red River Trading, Co., Sara Campbell, Sooki, South End Garden Gate, Voila and Winthrop Federal Credit Union.

JULY 2, 2006
The South End Neighborhood Guide is released with a distribution of 15,000 copies.

May 18, 2006
Published in the South End News:
South End Style shows good work always in style
Well-dressed and stylish South Enders — including State Rep. Byron Rushing and Frieda Garcia — flocked to the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama on May 4 for the second annual South End Style fashion show and fundraiser held by the South End Business Alliance. The well-attended event was a true fashion-show experience, complete with meandering models showing off the beautiful work of local designers Sara Campbell, Denise Hajjar, David Joseph, M Miller, Daniel Faucher and L Coulter, as well as ensembles by Uniforms’s Gary Ritacco, and of course, the evening’s centerpiece event, the catwalk fashion show. Restaurants such as Above and Beyond Catering (the Little Window), Bob’s Southern Bistro, Tremont 647, Picco, Pho Republique and Davio’s were on hand to serve up tasty finger-foods, and there was enough Bacardi available, thanks to the event’s in-kind sponsors, to make sure most people had a great time.

Attendees also had silent auctions items from more than 60 area merchants to choose from, including the requisite Red Sox and Patriots tickets, as well as a leather lounge chair and ottoman donated by Comina, Inc., a gift basket from Aunt Sadie’s valued at $400, and a new kid’s bicycle from Community Bicycle.

Proceeds from the event, which SEBA president Dewey Nichols said exceeded last year’s $35,000, will benefit to the Hurley School, United South End Settlements, Project Place, and Rosie’s Place.