SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT
We highlight our area small businesses throughout all our programming, plus in our weekly newsletter, and on our social media and website.

We host regular merchant meetings and trainings on topics ranging from social media to financing to registering as MWBEs.

Each Saturday after Thanksgiving, we celebrate Small Business Saturday with special discounts at our small businesses. We use this day every year to tell the story of our small businesses and explain all that they mean to our neighborhood.

Harlem CDC’s Community Development programs provide information, technical and skills training to community-based organizations and individuals seeking to create independent projects and initiatives which support further investment in Upper Manhattan.
CERSP Grant Program
The CERSP Grant Program provides financial assistance for initiatives and events that advance HCDC’s mission.
Weatherization Assistance Program
The Weatherization Assistance Program reduces energy usage costs for low- income families in single family homes and multi-unit developments.

Business Services
Harlem CDC’s Business Services programs provide tools, including technical and financial assistance and skills training, to local entrepreneurs to start and grow small businesses.
THINK Initiative
The THINK Initiative provides tools for local entrepreneurs to start and grow small businesses.

NYS MWBE Certification
Harlem CDC’s Satellite MWBE Certification Center provides support to local businesses seeking NYS MWBE certification.

The Nonprofit & Small Business Clinic provides free corporate legal services to nonprofit organizations and small businesses throughout New York City.

Community Economic Justice Clinic Services
EBCLC’s Community Economic Justice Clinic (CEJ) is focused on advancing people-oriented economic development and empowering low-income communities of color to build long-term solutions to poverty in the East Bay. CEJ attorneys and advocates can provide the following types of assistance:

- Starting a business, cooperative, or non-profit
- Tax exemption applications
- Compliance with nonprofit, employment, and tax laws
- Drafting and reviewing of contracts, agreements, and loan documents

California Lawyers for the Arts empowers the creative community by providing:
- EDUCATION: CLA's Educational Program offers workshops, seminars and special events throughout the state on a variety of legal and business topics that affect the creative community.
- LAWYER REFERRAL & INFORMATION SERVICES: If you are a creative artist, an arts organization, an inventor — or anyone with an arts or innovation-related legal question — California Lawyers for the Arts would like to help you find qualified legal counsel to assist with your legal matter.

Assistance with Business Planning

Help with Legal Lease negotiations

GETTING ONLINE

We provide a suite of educational programs and resources to small business owners, their employees and self-employed entrepreneurs to empower them to start and grow their enterprises and maximize their economic prosperity.