GNYCC hosted a webinar with the SBA the focus being on assisting small businesses existing and start-up, alike, to identify financing solutions, giving businesses and entrepreneurs one on one access to meet and ask questions with a panel of lenders from different organizations to go over what you need to get money for your business! Financing Programs including Loans: 7(a), 504, Microloan, International Trade Loans, Surety Bonds, Grants for R&D, Investment Capital, Disaster Assistance and Grants. Panelists represented were City National Bank, Pursuit, Chase Bank, Dime Community Bank, Renaissance EDC, BOC Capital Corp and First Republic Bank. For more information the presentation is on Chamber TV for viewing!

The Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) hosted a reception with the Greater NY Chamber attracting high-quality investment in E&E, Machinery & Equipment, Chemical & Advance Materials & Medical Technology industries. This event also highlighted the end-to-end services offered by MIDA as the single point of contact for potential investors from the USA to Malaysia.

Nelson Samuel, Director of MIDA New York, highlighted Malaysia’s competitive edge, being a gateway to ASEAN with access to more than 650 million consumers in the region through 15 Free trade agreements & the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). Malaysia also boasts a strong industrial support ecosystem, with a talented bilingual workforce and attractive tax incentive schemes. ''

The Greater NY Chamber hosted their weekly networking coffee at About Saphira & Ventura Gallery. While networking, businesses were able to walk around and enjoy the beautiful artwork.

A centrally located NYC art gallery with international galleries and museum affiliations, represents established and emerging artists, designers, architects, and very contemporary Web 3 NFT artists. Let Saphira and Ventura bring their artful touch to your business and begin to experience the joys of living with art in the office and at home. Give your business that creative cutting edge and see how art immediately transforms your business environment, your employees, and you.

The Consulate General of Nepal, New York hosted an interaction and networking reception on “Investment Opportunities in Nepal” in collaboration with Greater New York Chamber of Commerce, in New York.

The event was hosted to celebrate with the business community in New York the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Nepal and the United States of America, and to further strengthen bilateral business interaction.

Welcoming the guests, Mr. Bishnu Prasad Gautam, Acting Consul General of Nepal in New York, shared information on Nepal’s foreign investment policies, legal and institutional frameworks, and major areas of investment and facilities offered to the foreign investors to encourage investment and enhance business cooperation. He complimented the US investors for their investments and support for economic growth and job creation in Nepal.

The past couple couple years have presented challenges for many businesses.. but we have all learned to adapt and come back stronger than ever. The Greater New York Chamber has continued to host multiple educational webinars and networking events online each week, via zoom and clubhouse. While we will continue to do these online events, we are proud to bring back in person networking.

Our networking breakfasts, coffees and happy hours are the best way to make in person connections, meet new contacts, and ultimately grow your business. With networking being the backbone of business to business growth, we are proud to continue to host top tier networking events every week. We look forward to seeing you virtually or in person at the next one!

The NYC Mayor's Office of Contract Services (MOCS) is excited to announce the beta launch of PASSPort Public - a data and transparency tool intended to provide unprecedented insight into the City's procurement system by making information at every step of the procurement process available to the public. You can go to nyc.gov/passportpublic to check out the site and share your feedback with MOCS to help improve the tool.

For the past 25 years, Helana Natt has served as the executive director for the Greater New York Chamber of Commerce. She has been recognized for her nonstop efforts for "Building Back New York".

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