A 15-year vision toward progress, equity, growth
The Clean Neighborhood Challenge is a New York State competition to access up to $30 million to build healthier disadvantaged communities through clean transportation. OUR TEAM HAS MADE IT THOUGH ROUND ONE!!
The Hunts Point is home to the nation's largest urban wholesale food hub, 9 waste transfer facilities, several large recycling yards, a robust manufacturing sector and a vibrant residential community of 13,000, all located in the southern tier of the poorest urban Congressional District in the United States. The peninsula is characterized by disparities between a thriving living wage employment hub that benefits the entire downstate region and an archetypal environmental justice community where 40% of residents live below the poverty line and children ages 5-14 consistently have some of the highest asthma rates in the state.
The solution laid the proposal "The Bronx is Breathing" seeks to the leverage battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and public charging infrastructure to improve air quality and create economic opportunity for the South Bronx without disrupting the essential freight activities that power the local economy......
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Want to learn the inner workings of PR and how to utilize it to help grow your business through earned media relations? StartSmallThinkBig t...
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This StartSmallThinkBig seminar will examine the pros and cons of raising capital through crowdfunding, the equity crowdfunding landscape, t...
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From our friends at StartSmallThinkBig. Your brand is your biggest asset, learn how to protect it. Explore basic trademarks, what they are, ...
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Every small business owner knows that marketing is essential, and many spend substantial money on it. But few have a research-based marketin...
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This workshop will briefly cover considerations for why you might want to open a business bank account, and how to choose which banks and ac...
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Foodie Fever Dreams Can’t Keep Restaurants Afloat
NY Times 1/20/23
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/20/opinion/noma-restaurant-future.html
How far can vertical farming go?
BBC 1/11/23
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230106-what-if-all-our-food-was-grown-in-indoor-vertical-farms
Food As Medicine Review and Report: How Food and Diet Impact the Treatment of Disease
Doctors Prescribe Healthy Meals to Keep Patients Out of the Hospital
Pew Trusts 10/12/22
Plant-Based Meals Set to Become the Default at All NYC Public Hospitals
Knife & Fork 10/6/22
The Major Factors Driving up the Cost of Food
PBS 10/11/22
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-major-factors-driving-up-the-cost-of-food
The New York City Department of Sanitation rules cover all commercial establishments,
and others, that have their garbage and recycling collected by private carters
Please use these links for the latest rules:
NYC DEPT OF SANITATION BUSINESS RESOURCES
HUNTS POINT CLEAN TUCKS IS NOW NYC CLEAN TRUCKS!
UPGRADE YOUR FLEET TO NEWER CLEANER VEHICLES
AND MORE EFFICIENT REFRIGERATION UNITS
BRONXCHANGE IS A NEW BUSINESS-TO-BUSINESS NETWORK THAT LINKS AND SUPPORTS BRONX-BASED BUYERS & SELLERS. SIGN UP YOUR PRODUCT OR SERVICE. REGISTER TO INCREASE YOUR LOCAL BUYING. BRONXCHANGE HAS UNIQUE FINANCIAL TOOLS TO HELP SMALL SUPPLIERS CONTRACT WITH LARGE & INSTITUTIONAL PURCHASERS.
LETS KEEP MORE DOLLARS CIRCULATING IN THE BRONX!
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THE GREATER HUNTS POINT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION & Greater Hunts Point Chamber of Commerce
The BankNote Building 1231 Lafayette Ave, 4th floor, Bronx, New York 10474
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