Brooklyn Means Business
PicturePhoto credits: Eva Bronzini May is Small Business Month, a time to celebrate and support the entrepreneurs who power our local economy. Brooklyn is home to over 70,000 small businesses, and its entrepreneurs have weathered crisis after crisis over the last 25 years—from the panic of 9/11, transit strikes, blackouts, the Great Recession, Hurricane Sandy, the COVID-19 pandemic, and, always, the unrelenting reality that the rent is too damn high.Now, new challenges are adding to the weight: federal tariffs, threats to CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution) funding,…
Getting Ready for Job Fairs: Tips, Resources, and More
Whether it’s called a job fair, a career fair, or a resource fair, these events can help job seekers with finding training opportunities and work. Want to get ready to put your best foot forward at events like these? Keep reading! The Brooklyn Public Library is no stranger to hosting job fairs. In fact, several library branches throughout Brooklyn will play host to a job fair at least once a year. But BPL employees also travel to job fairs too. Maybe you’ve seen us at a Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce job fair or even at a neighborhood block party. At these events,…
PowerUP! to the People
In 2003, the PowerUP! Business Plan Competition launched to support and grow Brooklyn's entrepreneurial spirit and small businesses. Since then, PowerUP! has nurtured 9,000+individuals with 1,200+business plans and awarded more than $500,000 to Brooklyn entrepreneurs. Some of our most notable success stories are the Bogota Latin Bistro, Greenlight Bookstore and Island Pops. Although the pandemic brought many challenges to Brooklyn neighborhoods, and to our city as a whole, PowerUP! continues to be an exciting presence and program supporting local business startups. …