Partnering with local businesses, community groups and relevant stakeholders, the Neighborhood Entrepreneurship’s Project aims to assist merchants in accessing resources to help grow their business and provide organizational capacity building and support for the upstart or upkeep of their local merchant group.
The goals of the project are to:
- Assist local commercial districts in organizing or expanding a merchant association
- Develop and execute a strategy to enhance their district with streetscape improvements
- Access one on one technical assistance such as financing, hiring, marketing and minority certification to help a merchant grow their business
- Understand the local consumer base and develop a framework to market their business and commercial district as a desirable place to shop
- Support efforts to maintain positive and productive relationships with relevant stakeholders
- Gain visibility through timely events, tours and promotional support
Where we’re working?
The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce is currently working in the following commercial areas:
- Kingston Avenue, Crown Heights
- Lewis Avenue, Stuyvesant Heights
- Broadway, South Williamsburg
- Havemeyer Street, South Williamsburg
- Church Avenue, East Flatbush
If you are a business or a merchant group, you can request a tour of your business district and host a meeting with your merchants. We rely on funding from public and private partners to do our work, so we cannot guarantee we’ll be able to work with your district right now. We can, however, immediately identify emerging needs in your commercial corridor by supporting you in getting surveys out to businesses in your district so we can identify a future time to work together.
Funders
We are grateful for the generosity of our current and former program sponsors:
- New York City Department of Small Business Service
- TD Bank Foundation
- JPMorgan Chase Foundation
For more information on the Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Project please contact Jeanette Nigro at 718-875-1000 x114.