BEDC provides a wide range of services to assist small and minority business owners at all life cycle stages of entrepreneurship. Our Technical Assistance Services help you plan and implement helpful strategies required to grow and prosper. Some of the services that we offer are:

• Business Development Services
• Business Plan Development
• Marketing Needs Assessment
• Minority and Women Business Enterprises (M/WBE) Certification
• Real Estate Assistance
• Identification of Incentive Programs for relocation, hiring, etc.
• Educational Resources
• Business Financing, either start up or expansion
• Business Financing Referrals

To learn more about how we can assist you with your specific business planning needs, call us at (718) 368-6782. We are happy to discuss your project in confidence and explain how we can help.

Programs

The Moore Street Market Preservation and Economic Development Project

The mission of this project is to offer a low cost indoor year round public marketplace for food vendors, handcrafters, and other agricultural vendors and events that provide a safe haven for all in the community. For more information click here.

2010 M/WBE Leadership Association

Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) is proud to be a member of the 2010 M/WBE Leadership Association, a group of business service organizations helping the New York City Department of Small Business Services promote and foster the growth of local minority and women-owned businesses through certification and capacity-building services.

• Does your firm sell goods or services government buys?
• Interested in getting certified as a Minority or Women-owned Business Enterprise? (M/WBE)?
• Want to learn how to compete in the government marketplace?

We can help. As a select member of the New York City Council-supported 2010 M/WBE Leadership Association, BEDC has the tools, knowledge, and experience to get you started. Call us today at 718-368-6790 or email us at mwbe@bedc.org.

To learn more visit www.nyc.gov/getcertified.  Click here for our informational flier

Small Business Legal Clinic

The Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation (BEDC) in partnership with the City Justice Bar, Law Entrepreneurship Project will hold “Free Small Business Legal Clinic” on a monthly basis. Volunteer attorneys from various prestigious firms will meet one on one with small business owners or those who are preparing to start a small business. This free Small Business Legal Clinic offers a great opportunity to meet one-on-one with an attorney and learn more about the legal consequences of owning and operating a business in NYC. For more information about upcoming clinics, click here.

Educational Programs

BEDC coordinates seminars, workshops and trainings designed for the needs of small businesses. For programs that tech the skills you need to be a successful business owner click here.

BEDC thanks Capital One Bank for it support of our Technical Assistance Program.