The Harlem Business Alliance (HBA), a 501(c)3 not-for-profit established in 1980, creates environments and opportunities that produce successful entrepreneurs and creates jobs for local residents. HBA is dedicated to enriching the local business community, with an emphasis on black owned businesses through education, support and advocacy. We believe local businesses create better communities and we inspire Black entrepreneurs to grow their roots not just locally but globally.
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NewsOne: Harlem Incubators Nurturing Vibrant Start-Up Scene
HBA in the NewsBusiness incubators and gentrification are shaping the wave of entrepreneurship in the historic Black mecca. Written By Nigel Roberts Posted November 24, 2016 Editor’s Note: This is the first of a two-part series that examines entrepreneurship in Harlem, where NewsOne looks inside a few of the community’s business incubators. In Part 2, NewsOne explores how gentrification […]
NY Daily News: Big retailers moved uptown in greatest numbers in 2012; survey shows 11.2% rise in corporate chains in Harlem, Washington Heights and Inwood
HBA in the NewsBy DOUGLAS FEIDEN America’s big retail chains gained a major foothold in upper Manhattan this year, far outstripping increases they made in the numbers of store locations in the rest of the city, a recent survey by the Center for an Urban Future found. National retailers like Applebee’s, Subway, Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts now have […]
NY Daily News: Harlem’s revitalization continues with Whole Foods Market, slated to arrive at W. 125th St. and Lenox Ave. in 2015
HBA in the NewsBy MICHAEL J. FEENEY Whole Foods Market is coming to Harlem, promising to improve the quality of food shopping options while ratcheting up the level competition in the competitive retail grocery sector. The popular grocery store chain, known for its all-natural and organic products, plans to bring a new location to a vacant lot on […]
NY Amsterdam News: Inspiring moments at HBA’s ninth annual Economic Summit
HBA in the NewsBy HERB BOYD and DANIYA L. SANUSI Derek Dingle is a con-summate storyteller who gathers his inspiration mainly from legends of the past—notables such as the late John Johnson, the founder of Black Enterprise magazine, A.G. Gaston and Earl Graves, where Dingle has been mainstay and ed-itor-in-chief. “Sometimes you have to look to the past […]
NY Daily News: Hue-Man Books ‘pops-up’ for first time since store’s closing to help MIST Harlem open its 300-seat arts and entertainment space
HBA in the NewsBy MICHAEL J. FEENEY Two Harlem businesses — one new, one resurgent — turned to an NBA champion to help them begin making good on their plans to bring more programming to the community. Miami Heat hoops star Dwyane Wade signed copies of his new book, “A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger Than […]
DNAInfo: Harlem Powerbrokers Brainstorm Ways to Stem Small Business Closures
HBA in the NewsBy Jeff Mays | August 15, 2012 7:25am HARLEM — A group of local leaders met at Sylvia’s Restaurant this week to come up with ways to stem a recent spate of small business closures. Rep. Charles Rangel, City Councilwoman Inez Dickens, Lloyd Williams of the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce and Regina Smith of […]
NY Times: A Common Refrain as Harlem Loses Its Bowling Alley
HBA in the NewsBy Chris Palmer As groups of cheering children sought to knock down pins at Harlem Lanes on Friday morning, Joey Hill and Marsha Kindell had a different objective: get rid of mounds of documents. Inside an office near the back of the bowling alley, at 126th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, Mr. Hill, […]
ABC7NY: Harlem Lanes to close on Saturday
HBA in the News“What I said then and I’ll say now, that I thought black business owners were a dying species,” said Sharon Joseph, Harlem Lanes Owner. The most recent casualties in Harlem are the Hue-man Bookstore, and on Saturday the games are over at Harlem Lanes. “The rising rents make it very difficult for us to continue […]
NBC NY: Harlem Shop Revived by Social Media
HBA in the News, VideoA Harlem grandmother whose hometown business was heading for closure is once again booming, thanks to a pair of social media and tech-savvy volunteers who helped get the registers ringing again. Roseanne Colletti reports. View at: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/low-tech_store__high-tech_rescue_new_york/1945328/
NY Daily News: Angels help owner Dawn Harris-Martine keep Grandma’s Place in business
HBA in the NewsBy MICHAEL J. FEENEY A Harlem toy store is receiving a much-needed “boost” from some unexpected angels, and its owner says their assistance may help her to keep the business open for a whole new generation of children. Grandma’s Place, which opened in 2006, has seen some tough times of late. Owner Dawn Harris-Martine says […]