2017-10-31 兩位尊敬的女性 Linda LaViolette and Lin Stuart

A beautiful sunny day

 Hanson Place, Brooklyn

 Thanks to Linda, NYS Dept of Agriculture and Markets, for a wonderful meeting

 Walking to the subway station 

 Chamber St & Brooklyn Bridge

 Lin Stuart came to the office around 1:00pm and set up everything for ChallengeHER tomorrow

She is incredible, so efficient, articulate, organized and patient/sweet to everyone

 Food station

 It is pleasantly to work with Lin Stuart

 Thanks to Howard, GSA, for helping us finish the preparation

 Thanks to Bailey, Teresa, Jennifer Krottinger, Roland for helping compete the set-up

 5:00pm Back to the office

I heard the terror car attack at West Highway and Chamber St when I walked out of the building

 "Trick or Treat" in the nighborhood

Wish everyone a safe and fun Halloween evening



2017-10-30 法拉盛 Flushing in Rain and Wind

Storm from last night

It was rainning hard this morning

 Meeting with Queena, Ship2Shopping

2pm-4pm Business Plan Writing at Affinity

2017-10-27 布朗士 Bronx Musumn of the Arts

Access to Capital

Food, Beverage, and Urban Agricultural Enterprises

10am-3pm

D train 167th St station in the Bronx

 Bronx Musumn of the Arts

Sandy Eames, Chairman SCORE NYC

 Clarence Stanley, Lehman College SBDC

 Three panels:

Traditional Sources of Capital

Alternative Sources of Capital

Resources & Technical Assistance

 Special Remarks: Ruben Diaz, Jr. Bronx Borough President

 L: Stephanie Thomas, Trufund

Center: Ruben Diaz, Jr. Bronx Borough President

R: Linda LaViolette, NYS Dept. of Agriculture and Markets

 Center: Rafael Roger, Business Initiative Corp of NY

 Madeline Marquez, Ponce Bank

 KL Fredericks, Export Assistance Center, Bronx

 Sam Baldock, Empire State Development

 Paul Quintero, Accion East

 

 

2017-10-26 法拉盛圖書館 Flushing Library

It was a very cold day, like my heart

It was a dark day, like my heart

Genevieve is gone!

She was not only a neighbor, she taught me how to show love

 

 

 The last workshop of this business series at Flushing Library

2017-10-25 聯邦講座及畢業典禮 Federal Plaza and EL Graduation

9am-12pm "Attorney's Advices- Best Practices for Your Website"

at 26 Federal Plaza Conference Center, Room J

 

 Q&A session after Jake Dore's presentation

 Thanks to the attendees who are really serious about the website regulations

 Thanks to Jake Dore, Court Square Law

Project at CUNY School of Law



 

Thanks to Joy for taking photos

 

12:15pm to 2:00pm

Checking the EL awards,

Talking to Lin Stuart to let Beth & John speak at the ChallengerHER event,

Rushing to Yonkers

 Catching the 2:51pm train

Riverfront Library, Yonkers



Setting up the place

 

 

5:30pm A few people only

6:00pm John Mallano started the program

Thanks to Danny, HSBC, for the foods



 



 

 6:30pm Taking group photo

 Both classes together

 Congratulations to the SBA Emerging Leaders Class of 2017

 

 Thanks Bailey for the group photos-Manhattan class

 Thanks Bailey for the group photos-Yonkers class

Thanks Bailey for the group photos-class of 2017

 

 Thanks to Kelly for managing the foods

 

Thanks to Alvarez Symonette, Lady M, for the cakes

and John Henninger, Dan & John's Wings, for the wings

 Thanks to both instructors: Vanessa Best and Mike Keating

 A respected teacher, Mike Keating

Thanks to Riverfront Library for hosting the class and the graduation ceremony

 

Thanks to John to be the best MC and tell Beth to make sure I won't take subway home

They are good managers

I appreciate.

 

I got home by taking Uber with Bailey

I felt so sad when I saw the note about Genevieve's death on the door

She is gone!