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10 Winners Of The New Bronx Chamber of
Commerce Small Business Relief Grants
BY MAURO DELUCA
The New Bronx Chamber of
Commerce announced the ten
winners of its fi rst small business
relief grant series, with
each receiving a $500 grant
toward COVID-19 pandemic
recovery: Chamber member
Lightpath (formerly known
as Altice Business) provided
funding for eight businesses
to receive these grants: Claudy’s
Kitchen; DC Villanueva
restaurant; Little Italy Cigar;
Kredit Koncepts Financial Services;
Taqueria Guerrero; Focal
Point Gallery; Downtown
Bronx Juice Bar; and Nieves
Dance Studio. Chamber member
Ponce Bank sponsored Illusion
Photo Studio and the restaurant,
South of France.
“Even prior to the pandemic,
many Bronx small
businesses were surviving
on razor-thin margins,” said
Chamber president Lisa Sorin.
“COVID presented a new set
of challenges that many could
not withstand. We are so grateful
to Lightpath and Ponce
Bank for their sponsorships,
which have made these grants
possible.”
Through opportunities for
its members to sponsor initiatives
such as these, the Bronx
Chamber hopes to provide a
vital boost to struggling small
businesses so they may navigate
the ongoing challenges of
the pandemic, while creating
pathways to membership that
will support long-term development
and growth in the Bronx
business community at large.
All grant winners will be featured
in upcoming Chamber
digital communications including
social media, e-news
& more.
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“We are honored that we
are able to help some of the
great small businesses of the
Bronx which are the heart and
soul of the borough,” said John
McEvoy, Strategic Accounts
Manager with Lightpath. “It
has certainly been a challenge,
but our hope is that we will
all come out of this pandemic
stronger than ever.”
“At Ponce Bank we believe
that small businesses are the
beating heart of our community
and we are doing everything
we can to help those in
our neighborhoods get through
the pandemic,” stated Carlos
Naudon, president and CEO of
Ponce Bank. “The resilience
and creativity exhibited by
small business owners during
the pandemic humbles us
daily. The New Bronx Chamber
of Commerce is providing
a great service to our community
and we’re proud to partner
with them as they provide
assistance to those that struggle.”
Businesses interested in
sponsoring a small business
relief grant series through
the Chamber are invited to
email membership@bronxchamber.
org.
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