By William Doyle-Marshall
Brooklyn, New York was the scene of a very exciting event Friday. It provided a wealth of opportunities for small businesses. Dr. Roy Hastick Sr., founder and CEO of CACCI pulled out all the stops to ensure that entrepreneurs and would-be entrepreneurs who are doing business in the city would become rich and famous. Anyone who sat through the day’s happening, certainly left there with a wealth of information. The next step is up to them and how they utilize the opportunities that seem to be looming in the air above their heads.
Dr. Roy Hastick, CACCI Founder & CEO presides
Edna Wells Handy, NYC Commissioner Administrative Services
Imagine having senior level bankers and funding agencies representatives telling you how the U.S. Small Business Administration is poised to help you improve. JED Office Interiors; New Jersey Career Institute; SUNY Downstate Medical Center were among the agencies on hand to network.
It did not miss anyone’s attention that the City of New York has to take serious steps to spend more of its money with these individuals and organizations who are either barely surviving or struggling to survive. The fact that the municipality is always anxious to grab what it can get from entrepreneurs without offering anything or giving very little in exchange, was certainly a concern of the gathering. Imagine a mere 3.5% of the City of New York’s budget reaching these small business operations. In any world it has been admitted that small businesses are the engine for employment creation.
Senator Eric L. Adams, Walter T. Moseley; Wayne Smith, Mayor of Irvington, New Jersey; Marty Markowitz, President of the Borough of Brooklyn and his deputy Sandra Chapman and Councillor Mathieu Eugene were among the supporters of the CACCI event which had its focus on financial literacy, workforce development, job development, micro enterprise development and more.
Dr. Hastick and his wife were acknowledged for their selfless and dedicate commitments over the years in knocking on doors to bring attention to these operations – many of whom are immigrants. As Hastick and his team hosted the power session in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, celebrants acknowledged that the late civil rights leader was slain as he pursued economic development for the people of America. This perhaps was a motivation for CACCI and others to encourage City officials to develop a real policy that would offer serious and tangible access to a larger share of the city’s budget. Three point five percent of a billion dollars is hardly a drop in the bucket.
January 19, 2012
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