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Brooklyn Made: Brooklyn will have a local business store

'03.05.2023'

Nadezhda Verbitskaya

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If you want to support local businesses in Brooklyn, or represent one and want to promote your products, we have good news for you. The Chamber of Commerce is preparing to open Brooklyn Made, a store exclusively made in Brooklyn. Everything will be there: from clothing and household items to art, jewelry and food. Brooklyn paper.

The store, which will open on May 18 at the Innovation Alley in Industry City, will feature 55 manufacturers. They were selected from a much larger pool of candidates. Priority was given to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) small business owners.

To run a store and promote entrepreneurs House Partners with Wells Fargo Foundation, Industry City Mall and Brooklyn Community Foundation.

Jim Somoza, managing director of Industry City, said the mall is looking forward to helping Brooklyn businesses grow.

“Industry City has always been a place where creatives, creators and artisans find space to hone their craft, build businesses and find community,” said Somoza. “We are incredibly proud to have Brooklyn Made in Industry City.”

The decision to open the full-fledged store came after the Chamber held a successful holiday pop-up store for Brooklyn merchandise last year. Some of the merchants who participated in the pop-up will now be part of the new store. Including Brooklyn tea, a team of tea sommeliers, and The Collective at IndigoStyle, a clothing brand for resale.

“Brooklyn is the best area for aspiring entrepreneurs,” says Cheryl Roberts, owner of The Collective at IndigoStyle. “I am grateful to the Chamber and its partners for supporting small businesses like mine through Brooklyn Made. Working with this retail store, since its inception as a holiday market, has been a dream come true.”

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Chamber will celebrate the opening of the store on May 19 with a party with music from DJ Barry Blends. The celebration will start at 17:00.

Starting May 18, Brooklyn Made will be open Sunday through Thursday from 11:00 am to 19:00 pm and Fridays and Saturdays from 11:00 am to 21:00 pm.