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......
The Point Campus for Arts & The Environment - 1391 Lafayette Ave (@ Edgewater Rd) Bronx
In the spirit of Hunts Point's legendary Tent Parties at the Meat Market parking lot back in the day, the Greater Hunts Point EDC will be br...
The Point Campus for Arts & The Environment - 1391 Lafayette Ave (@ Edgewater Rd) Bronx
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In this workshop you will learn the essentials for determining the best legal structure for your business.
INCLUDING:
• The implications and o...
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VIRTUAL
ONLINE SEMINAR
Create Your Own Website – Five Session Program Series Via Zoom
This program series will cover: Branding, Content Creation, D...
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VIRTUAL
ONLINE SEMINAR
Lance o Haga Crecer Su Negocio Con Nuestra ayuda Ofrecemos Entrenamientos Gratis Para Empresarios Calificados Y sea elegible ...
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ONLINE SEMINAR
Wednesday, Oct. 27th 2pm-3pm
Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/we-master-money-workshop-pricing-for-service-profess...
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Vertical Farms Expand as Demand for Year-Round Produce Grows
New York Times 4/6/22
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/business/vertical-farms-food.html
How the War in Ukraine is Creating a Global Food Crisis (podcast)
New York Times 4/5/22
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/05/podcasts/the-daily/ukraine-russia-food-supply.html
How Starbucks Workers Unionizing Could Inspire Other Chains to Organize Eater 4/1/22
https://www.eater.com/23004925/starbucks-union-nationwide-food-industry
Seafood Biz Braces for Losses of Jobs and Fish Due to Sanctions
WBUR Radio 3/31/22
https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/03/31/russia-sanctions-impact-seafood
Inside The Secret Restaurants Of NYC, From Hidden Burger Joints To Caviar Speakeasies
Gotham 3/31/22
https://gothammag.com/secret-restaurants-nyc-exposed
How One Bronx Chef Is Battling Food Insecurity
Complex 3/24/22
https://www.complex.com/life/chef-yadi-battles-food-insecurity
An update to the Hunts Point Vision Plan is underway, see https://www.huntspoint.nyc/hpf
The current Plan is available here as a pdf document of slides from the New York City Economic Development Corporation, updated April 23, 2019.
NYCEDC Hunts Pt Vision Plan 4.23.19 update (pdf)
DownloadThe 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
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