The chamber’s recent hyper-local Small Business Expo, the first of its kind in North Brooklyn, drew over 400 local small business owners/operators who indeed showed up with questions and left with answers. The Arlo Williamsburg Hotel, the host venue for the event, saw its Ballroom converted into a “workspace” featuring over fifteen resource tables hosted by such departments and organizations as NYC Small Business Services, NYC Office of Nightlife, NYC Dept. of Consumer & Worker Protection, Freelancers Union, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Evergreen, Shop Small Greenpoint, Con Ed, Northside Improvement District, NYPD 90th and 94th Precincts, local bank branches of Chase, Dime, Apple, and Kearny, and also us…the North Brooklyn Chamber.
The day featured a schedule of entertaining and informative panel discussions that touched on such topics as entrepreneurialism, recreational sports business trends, the importance of and proper approach to networking, and a Brooklyn Allied Bars & Restaurants and Department of Nightlife workshop. The event ended with a lively Happy Hour in Sungold, the hotel’s Lobby Bar, where the host organization, the North Brooklyn Chamber, picked up the tab for everyone’s first drink.
The expo was produced under the umbrella of the chamber’s Love Local program, which was launched during the pandemic in an attempt to help our local small businesses survive that very trying time. It was funded (in part) through a Grant with the U.S. Small Business Administration.
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