Q&A
Outreach efforts and engagement with industrial businesses
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Council Member Amanda Farías inquired about barriers in engaging with industrial businesses. Key points from the discussion include:
- SBS reports no significant barriers to engagement
- Commissioners Kevin Kim and Dinashell Gross are actively involved in meeting businesses where they are
- SBS has conducted corridor tours with council members
- The department hosted its first New York City Small Business Expo, attracting over 3,000 businesses
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All IBSP providers were present at the expo, and SBS plans to host another one this year
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The response focused on proactive outreach efforts rather than addressing specific barriers to engagement.
Amanda Farías
0:23:33
there any barriers that you have identified with engaging with industrial businesses?
0:23:40
With the aging?
0:23:42
With engaging.
Kitty Chan
0:23:43
Oh, engaging?
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Sorry.
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Engaging.
0:23:48
No.
0:23:48
Actually, thank you very much for that question.
0:23:51
Actually, we we don't this
UNKNOWN
0:23:52
administration, we've been really blessed to have been able to get 2
Kitty Chan
0:23:52
really engaged people to we've been really blessed to have been able to get 2 really engaging commissioners.
0:23:59
Our former commissioner, Kevin Kim, and our current commissioner, Commissioner Dinashell Gross.
0:24:04
As you're well aware, they're really engaged in going out and meeting the businesses where they're at.
0:24:11
We've, we've actually done many quarter tours, with yourself and and other council members as well.
0:24:18
We look forward to that continued relationship and going out to the businesses.
0:24:22
We're also really pleased to be able to say this past year, we actually hosted our 1st, New York City Small Business Expo with over 3,000 businesses attending.
0:24:31
This is the first time we'd ever done it.
0:24:33
All of our IBS, IBSP providers were present, and we're really, looking forward to hosting another one this year.
