More Online Shopping, Less Gathering, For New Yorkers This Holiday Season
Only 23 percent plan to shop locally on Black Friday or Small Business Saturday but nearly half will be shopping online on Cyber Monday this year
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SBA Updates Interest Rates; Seeks To Widen Eligibility For Small Businesses
The U.S. Small Business Administration has updated its interest rates for the 504 Loan Program offered by Certified Development Companies (CDC) — a welcome update for small businesses strapped for cash while the uncertainties of the coronavirus pandemic continue to plague the economy.
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Franchisees Squeezed Between Franchisors And Pandemic Circumstances
Franchisees have sought relief from some of the more stringent requirements of their franchise agreements. That relief has not come easily.
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NY State Comptroller Gives Ed Day’s 2021 Budget A ‘Good Job!’
The New York State Comptroller’s Office has given its approval to County Executive Ed Day’s 2021 Proposed Budget.
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Irvington Arts Incubator Lets Artists Test Works On YouTube Channel
This summer, Irvington Theater in Westchester, which had been planning a fall debut of an arts incubator program for emerging works of art, sped up its launch with an online YOUTUBE forum for The Arts Incubator. Viewing is free and the works are on the YOUTUBE channel indefinitely.
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Nyack School District Moves Forward To Purchase Commercial Site Despite Questions Over Holding A Safe Election
The Nyack School Board, which wants to purchase a commercial retail site adjacent to Nyack High School to convert to a parking lot, voted Tuesday to set a date for a voter referendum even though two board members raised objections to setting a one-day in-person vote while the COVID pandemic rages on.
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Still Time For Businesses To Participate In Rockland’s Online ‘Shop Local Expo For The Holidays’
the Nanuet Chamber of Commerce and Rockland Business Women’s Network have created the Rockland County Online Holiday Shopping Expo, an online shopping destination at www.rocklandshopping.com. The “event,” designed to support local retail businesses, services, restaurants, and nonprofits, will run from Dec. 5th to the 9th.
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Partner With Small Businesses To Get A Better Bang For Your Buck
Independent businesses hoping to bolster holiday sales and deepen customer loyalty are gearing up to participate in Small Business Saturday on November 26th, an American Express campaign to promote mom and pop stores.
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Nyack College Has Green Light To Sell Campus To A Hasidic Yeshiva
Nyack College has been given the green light to move forward on its sale to a Yeshivath Viznitz D K Hal Torath Chaim Inc., a Hasidic Jewish congregation.
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Nyack School Board Wants To Buy Former “Pie Lady” Strip Mall; Voters Will Decide
Nyack School Board wants to purchase a commercial retail site adjacent to Nyack High School to convert to a parking lot. The board, however, needs voter approval.
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