Tag Archives: Jessamyn Waldman

Non-Profit Lowers Barriers for Harlem’s Low Income Entrepreneurs

A street food vendor in East Harlem trying to take their business to the next level often has several tough obstacles to overcome.

“If you have to choose between getting materials, paying rent or incorporating your business, you are not going to incorporate your business,” said Beatriz Mieses-Hernandez, a community liaison at Hot Bread Kitchen at La Marqueta, a non-profit bakery that runs HBK Incubates, a year-old business incubator in East Harlem. Continue reading

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Harlem Cooks With New Economic Development?

The city is hoping a new tenant in a once-thriving marketplace will cook up renewed interest in this historic La Marqueta space below the MetroNorth tracks in East Harlem. Continue reading

Hot Bread Kitchen Moves To E Harlem’s (update)

Hot Bread Kitchen began its life as a nonprofit bakery with a mission to create opportunities for low-income women and their families. Continue reading