Capital funding revs up for Hip Hop Museum
The new complex is scheduled to be completed in 2020. How much will it cost?
Non-profit trains residents for tech jobs
What makes The Knowledge House unique is that its classes encourage students to solve community problems with tech.
Underserved small businesses look for banking help
Loans are in short supply, say South Bronx businesses If Ruperto Morocho, 59, had extra dollars in his pocket he would use it to fix the faded green awning that…
SoBRO names new CEO
The South Bronx Overall Economic Development Corp. (SoBRO) announced that it has hired a replacement for its longtime director Philip Morrow, who retired last March. Steven Brown, who has spent…
Business bootcamp teaches the value of numbers
The two-day class is geared towards helping local small businesses manage their finances, from bookkeeping to balance sheets, and even taxes.
Bronxites learn to save, a few pennies at a time
The residents say the basic financial advice they are receiving is long overdue. The group’s motto, according to its CEO and co-founder Bishop Taylor, comes from a phrase coined by…
Summit raises hopes for South Bronx to become tech hub
Political and business leaders want the South Bronx to become the next technology hub for New York City, and are brainstorming new ways to bring tech companies – and the…
Workers rally for higher wages, benefits
A project to build affordable housing in Melrose is drawing fire from union workers and Councilman Rafael Salamanca Jr., who say the nonprofit developer behind the plan has a track…