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Aug. 1 marked the beginning of National Black Business Month – and News 12 is
highlighting the resources available that can help businesses thrive.

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12’s Antoinette Biordi spoke with business owners about the challenges they
face. She also spoke with Lionel Chitty, the executive director of
Nassau’s Office of Minority Affairs, about where they can go to receive
financial help.

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Aug. 1 marked the beginning of National Black Business Month – and News 12 is highlighting the resources available that can help businesses thrive.

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National Black Business Month: Resources available to help businesses thrive

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today is the start of national black business Month and here on Long Island. The spotlight is focused on the challenges that some black business owners face news 12 Long Island Islands Antoinette Yorty is live in Valley Stream at Jojo's juice bar. One of the many black owned businesses on the island. That's right, joe this is Jojo's juice bar here in Valley Stream. They are a black owned business and they're hoping that this month will give them more attention and help owners say that, but they're at a disadvantage because they don't have as many resources available to them. This can go in the fridge in Jojo's juice bar in Valley Stream, make it look easy to whip up healthy smoothies and salads. But owner Carlene Frederick says she like many other businesses on Long Island have faced hardships through the pandemic. A lot of times you feel like literally like, you know, you're just trying to keep your head above water because there's so many different factors. Darlene Edwards owns the best goodie bag in Valley Stream, a family owned bakery serving up sweet treats from scratch. She agrees with Carlene and she doesn't know where to turn for financial help or mentorship, but she says she hopes more attention is brought to black business owners this month. I do hope that um with this being black business um month awareness month that it brings people into our business and other businesses because some people don't even know that we exist Lionel chitty from the Nassau County office of minority Affairs hopes to change that. A lot of what we do is financial literacy and trying to get them in front of organizations like ours, community development, financial institutes that understand a little bit better and they might have a better chance of acquiring, acquiring the funding that they need. Nassau County is highlighting one black owned business every day this month on social media and offering resources that may help their business. Just making us more aware of the options, if any that are already in terms of funding in terms of grants, stuff like that. So we can make use of those things to help promote and grow businesses and for more information on resources for women or minority owned businesses. Just log onto our website, News 12 dot com, click under numbers and lakes in Valley Stream Antoinette Yorty news 12 long aisle.

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