East Harlem Buy Local Initiative in the News
The Buy Local initiative was launched in July 2017 as a project run out of Union Settlement Business Development Center. Since the initiative was launched we have been recognized in the press for various events and project awareness interviews.
Podcast w/ Harlem World
Michelle Cruz And Helen Steblecki Talk Buying Local East Harlem And More On The Danny Tisdale Show...
Feb. 2020
Podcast - Michelle Cruz And Helen Steblecki Talk Buying Local East Harlem And More On The Danny Tisdale Show
Feb. 2020
Buy Local East Harlem works with big institutions to debunk the idea that small businesses can't handle their purchasing needs...
Jan. 2020
Learn how Think Big Data, Aromas, and Dear Mama Cafe benefit from selling to local institutions.
Jan. 2020
Buy Local East Harlem suppliers share their experiences as vendors to anchor institutions.
Dec. 2019
Local business members of the Buy Local initiative share with El Diario how the program has benefited them. Dec. 2019
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Small Business Saturday 2019
Creating awareness to shop local this holiday.
Read More the Buy Local East Harlem Small Business Saturday 2019 outreach.
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Small Business Saturday 2019
NYC’s mom-and-pops ask you to shop small on Saturday.
Why you should buy local and take part in small business saturday this year 2019.
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Small Business Saturday 2018
How Small Business Saturday Helps Local Communities Thrive.
NY1 segment on the East Harlem Small Business Saturday 2018 business crawl.
Watch Small Business Saturday on NY1 Nov 2018
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Shop and Dine East Harlem
East Harlem’s Union Settlement announced their first annual Shop and Dine East Harlem for the Holidays.
Read More About East Harlem for the Holidays - Nov 2018
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Locals Cash Mob
Cash Mobs Bolster East Harlem Businesses
In East Harlem, Metro Hope Church strives to support small businesses by mobbing them with cash.
Read More About Cash Mob on the Uptowner - Oct 2018
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Taste of East Harlem 2018
Celebrating the culinary eateries in East Harlem.
Read More About Taste of East Harlem on the Manhattan Times News - June 2018
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About the Buy Local team
Behind the scenes with the Buy Local Initiative project manager, an El Barrio East Harlem native and former business owner.
Learn More About the East Harlem initiative on the WNYC podcast - June 2018
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Buy Local East Harlem
Host Rhina Valentin has the opportunity to sit down with the Union settlement Project Manager Michelle Cruz, who tells her more about the project.
Watch & Learn About the East Harlem Buy Local initiative on BronxNet - April 2018
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East Harlem Nights 2019
The first annual East Harlem Nights May 2019 featuring vendors from around East Harlem was covered by Spectrum Noticias NY1.
See Spectrum Noticias NY1 coverage of the event.
Watch Online About East Harlem Nights 2018 on NY1 Noticias - May 2019
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Holiday Popup Markets 2018
New York Health + Hospitals/Metropolitan spotlights their partnership with Buy Local East Harlem with a holiday popup market, featuring local merchants.
Read More on the Holiday Pop Up Market on Metropolitan Hospitals Newsletter - Dec 2018
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Know Before You Go
A promotional write up for the Taste of East Harlem 2019 on Cocktail Snob NYC.
Read More About Taste of East Harlem on The Cocktail Snobs - June 2019
Read More Joe Cruz YaVe Tequila
Buy Local East Harlem supplier and East Harlem native Joe Cruz on why and how he started his own Tequila brand.
Buy Local East Harlem supplier and East Harlem native Joe Cruz on why and how he started his own Tequila brand.
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