Small Businesses Are Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic

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COVID-19 FEATURES

In these challenging times, we wanted to shine a spotlight on Pace SBDC clients who are going above and beyond in their response to COVID-19, showing both generosity and innovation.

Grindhaus

The pandemic may have temporarily closed Grindhaus, but with the help of the Pace SBDC, the Red Hook, Brooklyn-based restaurant was able to reopen in January 2022 thanks to securing RRF grant and EIDL totaling $400,000.

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Harlem Baking Company

Harlem Baking Company

Harlem Baking Company (HBC), is a dessert brand that produces confections served in jars. With support from Pace SBDC business advisors Rawle Brown and Susan Gluck, HBC received help on business planning, access to financing, and market positioning as they expand into producing a line of dessert products.

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Brooklyn Music Factory

Brooklyn Music Factory

Due to COVID-19, Gowanus based music school Brooklyn Music Factory has shifted to an online format providing much-needed programming for children all around the globe. They have also retained many jobs with the help of PPP and EIDL program.

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Brooklyn Braised

Brooklyn Braised

Praise for Brooklyn Braised, a catering company founded in 2017 by Chef Christa Lynch. With guidance from Pace SBDC Business Advisor, Rawle Brown, Christa put together business plans and financial projections, and later obtained funding information that led the company to receive a $10,000 COVID-19 relief grant from Local Initiatives Support Corp.

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Cantos Translations

Cantos Translations

Lower Manhattan-based Cantos Translations arranged the funding of a $50,000 grant program for black women-owned businesses. They have also secured donations of over 550 medical-grade masks for Brooklyn's Downstate Hospital, and provided 100 hours of pro bono work for nonprofit groups.

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NAME GLO

Lower East Side-based custom neon light studio, NAME GLO, had to temporally close its physical storefront due to COVID and with the assistance of Pace SBDC they successfully transitioned to operating exclusively online and also secured $200,000 financing from the PPP and EIDL programs.

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La Palapa

La Palapa Cocina Mexicana, an East Village-based Mexican restaurant, expanded delivery and outdoor dining to re-envision its business model post-COVID. With the financing through PPP and EIDL programs and operational and accounting guidance from Pace University SBDC, they were able to retain 62 jobs.

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Bushwick Grind

When COVID temporarily shut Bushwick Grind, Kymme met with Pace SBDC to discuss funding options as well as strategies for building local awareness and walk-in business. Further, student groups from Pace University's Lubin School of Business presented customer acquisition recommendations for Bushwick Grind.

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LINE & LABEL

Greenpoint Brooklyn-based LINE & LABEL has pivoted their clothing and jewelry design business to design and produce masks to many first responders, and as word spread organically, they have now produced hundreds more and shipped them to clients throughout Brooklyn and beyond.

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Ripple Effect Artists

Ripple Effect Artists

Ripple Effect Artists is a non-profit theatre group whose motto is to make social impact through theatre and multimedia. With Pace SBDC's assistance they hired eight Pace students as interns, who have provided marketing support, including an Instagram Live project and various donor outreach initiatives.

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Norwegian Baked

Norwegian Baked

Pace SBDC helped Norwegian Baked owner Hedvig Bourbon develop a business plan as well as formalize bookkeeping procedures for her Brooklyn-based commercial kitchen. Further, post pandemic, Pace SBDC helped the business secure a PPP forgivable loan, enabling the business to save three jobs.

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Adrienne Nicole Productions

Adrienne Nicole Productions

Adrienne Nicole Productions (ANP) had been growing for years before the pandemic interrupted their operations. With advice from the Pace SBDC and financing from the SBA's EIDL program, the company has emerged from the pandemic stronger, and retained 4 jobs.

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Media for Professionals

Media for Professionals

Media for Professionals is a digital media and branding firm that needed assistance during the pandemic. The Pace SBDC helped the company shift focus to an alternate target market and secure funding options through grants and EIDL, aiding the payment of vendors and the business’s survival.

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Nahmias et Fils

Nahmias et Fils

Yonkers-based Nahmias et Fils retooled their distillery from production of spirits to hand sanitizer. Combined with nearly $100,000 in COVID-19 financing and operational and accounting guidance from Pace SBDC, this new structure helped the client retain 4 jobs while providing much-needed materials.

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Da Claudio

To support Coronavirus first responders, Downtown Italian Restaurant Da Claudio has delivered 200 individually wrapped complete meals to front-line medical professionals at the New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, one for each $25 customer order donation.

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