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Business start up help New York
ACCION New York 115 East
23rd Street www.accionnewyork.org Description ACCION New York provides micro-loans and business advisory services to individuals and small businesses that do not have access to traditional sources of credit. Area Served NYC, Long Island, Westchester, New Jersey Loans
$500-$50,000 Focus/Key requirements Micro-loans for equipment, merchandise, working capital and business expansion Other
services Technical assistance, Legal advice Audubon Partnership for Economic Development 513 West
207 Street www.audubonpartnership.org/audubon2.html Description The Audubon Partnership for Economic Development, LDC is a not-for-profit local development corporation serving the Washington Heights and Inwood areas of New York City. Area Served Washington Heights and Inwood Loans Up
to $25,000 Focus/Key requirements Business owners in areas of Washington Heights and Inwood Other
services Technical assistance Bethex Federal Credit Union 20 E
179th Street, Lower Level www.bethexfcu.org/about.htm Description Bethex Federal Credit Union offers a wide range of financial services tailored to the needs of its membership. Area Served New York state Loans Up
to $200,000 Focus/Key requirements Co-signers required, references, bills, employment history Other services Individual savings, checking accounts BOC Capital Corp. – Business Outreach Center Network 85 South
Oxford Street www.bocnet.org/boccapitalcorp Description BOC Capital Corp. is an affiliate of the Business Outreach Center Network, and is a not-for-profit Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). It is dedicated to providing micro-enterprise financing, with a special focus on small-business, women, and minority and immigrant entrepreneurs. Area Served New York City Loans
$500-$25,000 Focus/Key requirements Women, minority and immigrant entrepreneurs Other
services Technical assistance, Multiple language capacity Business Resource Investment Service Center 290
Lenox Avenue, 2nd Floor www.brisc.umez.org Description The Business Resource & Investment Center (BRISC) was established by the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone and The U.S. Small Business Administration to provide technical assistance and financing to small business owners and entrepreneurs located in Upper Manhattan Area Served Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood Loans
$25,000-$200,000 Focus/Key requirements Small business owners interested in expanding or relocating, residents who want to start new businesses. Other services Technical assistance, Credit counseling, Business plan Bushwick Cooperative Federal Credit Union Bank 1475 Myrtle Avenue www.rbscc.org/default.asp?menu1_Id=8 Description Newly formed community development credit union that is organized to address the shortcomings of current financial services in the neighborhood. Area Served Bushwick, Brooklyn or family in Bushwick Loans
$10,000 to $50,000 Focus/Key requirements Payment history, history of employment, personal references Other services Personal loans, Checking/savings account
CAMBA Economic Development Corporation Church
Avenue 2nd Fl www.camba.org/index.html Description CAMBA is one of Brooklyn’s largest community-based social service organizations and provides a continuum of employment, education, health-related, housing, legal, social, business development and youth services to approximately 28,000 individuals each year Area Served Brooklyn Loans
$500-$15,000 Focus/Key requirements Low-income entrepreneurs and others with limited access to credit and businesses located in central Brooklyn Other
services Free legal services, Technical assistance Count Me In 240
Central Park South, Suite 7H www.count-me-in.org Description Count Me In champions the cause for women's economic independence by providing access to business loans, consultation and education Area Served National Loans
$500-$10,000 Focus/Key requirements Loans can be used for working capital, purchase of inventory Other services Technical assistance East Harlem Business Capital Corporation 2261-63
First Avenue, 3rd Floor www.ehbcc.org Description East Harlem Business Capital Corporation is a non-profit community development and financial organization promoting economic development and job creation in East Harlem by providing small business owners and entrepreneurs access to capital and quality business technical and consulting services Area Served Zip codes: 10029, 10035, some 10007, coterminous with CB11 Loans
$2,500 to $12,000 Focus/Key requirements For working capital, inventory or equipment, the purchase or improvement of real property; land and building acquisition, construction and renovation, leasehold improvements, signage, machinery and equipment Other
services Technical assistance, NYS Empire Zones program, Business
training. National Development Council - Grow America Fund
51 E. 42nd Street, Suite 300 www.nationaldevelopmentcouncil.org Description The Grow America Fund provides SBA-guaranteed credit to small businesses in partnership with client communities, rural areas, and of minority- or women-owned businesses Area Served National Loans •
$5,000-$500,000 Focus/Key requirements Viable businesses with and growth potential that do not meet conventional lender’s profile Other
services Technical assistance Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union
37 Avenue B Description The Lower East Side People's Federal Credit Union (LESPFCU) is a community development credit union serving primarily low- and moderate-income people on New York City's Lower East Side Area Served Lower East Side (live, work, worship or volunteer) Loans •
$10,000 - $150,000 Other services Individual Development Accounts (IDA), Business accounts, Non-profit accounts Greater Jamaica Local Development Corporation, Inc. 90-04
161st Street www.gjdc.org Description
Greater Jamaica Development
Corporation is in the community building business. Its purpose is to
transform downtown Jamaica into a regional sub-center for the New York
Metropolitan Area Served Southeast Queens Loans
$10,000-$300,000 Focus/Key requirements New and existing businesses located in SW Queens Other services S Empire Zone, BID, Workforce development
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The Food Business
If
you are thinking of entering the food business, it may be
worth considering the following market trends that could affect
future growth and the outcome of your business.....
Popular Healthy Food and Recipes ....dangerous foods etc....Environmental Impact
The
principal emission sources are methane from the stomachs of cows and
nitrous oxide from land to which fertilizer has been applied.
There is a lack of effective technical solutions to reduce these emissions. On the other hand, changed food habits can have a great impact. If beef is replaced by chicken, emissions decrease by 90 per cent, and if beef is replaced by beans the reduction is 99 per cent. (see full report)
Earth
Markets:
Farmers’ markets that have been established according to guidelines that follow the Slow Food philosophy.
Eco Design for Business Accept the Environmental Challenge!There is a great opportunity for businesses to create a new and positive agenda, where the focus is on all the good that companies can do for the environment, society and economic growth.ECO DESIGN Resourcesmore info |
