East Harlem Job & Career Fair
On March 15, 2012, East Harlem Business Capital Corporation in partnership with Manhattan Community Board 11 and Jefferson Houses Jobs Plus held their first East Harlem Job and Career Fair. With some advertising in the daily paper, word of mouth quickly spreading, and promotions about this event we saw a huge demand of people looking for work or a new field of work. With a staggering approximate number of 900+ people that came through the doors of Metropolitan Hospital’s Draper Hall,...
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El Barrio Winter Festival 2011. Get your unique gifts from local artisans, and taste the flavor of Spanish Harlem from local food vendors! The festival runs on the first three Saturdays of December: the 3rd, the 10th, and the 17th!, 10AM-8PM, La Marqueta, Spanish Harlem, 116th Street + Park...
Read MoreGrito De Independencia De Mexico / Independence Day
The Office of Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer, the East Harlem Business Capital Corporation, El Barrio Mexican Chamber of Commerce, and Casa Mexico are proud to co-sponsor the El Barrio GRITO de INDEPENDENCIA de MEXICO/ INDEPENDENCE DAY, Thursday, September 15, 2011, 8PM-12am. St. Paul’s church 113 East 117th Street, between Park and Lexington avenues, El Barrio, New York City. This year marks the 201st ANNIVERSARY of the “Ringing of the Bell”, when Father Miguel...
Read MoreEast Harlem Commercial Corridors Assessment
With grant funding from the Harlem Community Development Corporation, the East Harlem Business Capital Corporation (EHBCC) commissioned a study of East Harlem’s four major commercial corridors: 106th Street, 116th Street and 125th Street – from 5th Avenue to the East River – and along Third Avenue, from 96th Street to 128th Street. The objective was to conduct a study that assessed the changing nature of East Harlem’s household incomes relative to the demand for retail goods and services in the local commercial corridors. In addition, the study sought to identify the challenges and potential opportunities for providing those goods and services to a diversified community. The results of the study would allow EHBCC to prepare economic revitalization strategies to improve the role of local businesses and address expanded and more diverse market opportunities.
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