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PRESS RELEASE: Welcome to Chinatown Begins Construction on Manhattan Chinatown’s First & Only Small Business Innovation Hub
PRESS RELEASE: Welcome to Chinatown Begins Construction on Manhattan Chinatown’s First & Only Small Business Innovation Hub
Welcome to Chinatown Quarterly Letter (March 2024)
Welcome to Chinatown Quarterly Letter (March 2024)
Business Spotlight: Checking in with Soft Swerve
Business Spotlight: Checking in with Soft Swerve

Catching up with Longevity Fund recipient, Jason Liu of Soft Swerve (and check out pics of their new location)!

Looking Back on Lunar New Year 2024 in Chinatown
Looking Back on Lunar New Year 2024 in Chinatown

The Year of the Dragon is here, and our festivities have officially come to a close! Here’s a look back at LNY with Welcome to Chinatown.

OPEN CALL: Lunar New Year Programming + Events
OPEN CALL: Lunar New Year Programming + Events

Pitch your ideas for Welcome to Chinatown’s 2024 Lunar New Year programming!

Amplify Her Foundation Grant Announcement
Amplify Her Foundation Grant Announcement

Welcome to Chinatown has been selected by Amplify Her® Foundation as an inaugural grant partner, to advance their mission to support women and girls from underserved communities.

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Made in Chinatown is a deliberate subversion of the Made in China label and its connotations. It’s a place to shop vibrant high-quality goods and the profits go directly to the hardworking people that make them.

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Our friends at @softswervenyc have been up to a lot of exciting things since the last time we shared an update! 🍦 If you haven’t been to Soft Swerve yet, this sweet shop was started by Jason Liu (pictured) and Michael Tsang back in 2016. The
Last month we officially closed our Hub for construction, bringing our soft open period to a close after over 5 months of pilot programming. We consciously used these 5 months to test, experiment and improve programming we aim to launch later this fa
OK, let’s chat about something 🌶️ Through our work and community, we’ve seen AAPI food entrepreneurs pour everything into getting their flavors out there. AAPI founders have tirelessly worked to gain recognition and shelf space –
We’re having one last #freeandforsale event tomorrow 1-6 at our Hub (115 Bowery)! —- Firstly, we can’t express enough how grateful we are for ALL the donations and offers we received when we soft-opened The Hub last year. It made
Our ancestors have paved the way forward for us. Today, we celebrate Qingming Festival 清明节, also known as Tomb Sweeping Day. On this special holiday, families honor those who have passed on through many traditions — including cleaning gravesite
That’s a wrap on our soft open period – we’re officially closed for demolition and renovation! These past 5 months have been an exciting whirlwind full of community, exploration and testing. We’ve come out of this pilot period
Next Thursday, April 4, we honor those who came before us. Qingming Festival — also known as Tomb Sweeping Day — is a day to pay respect to our ancestors by gathering to burn incense and joss paper as well as provide food offerings. It&rs
A lot has happened in and with our org these past few months, and there’s lots we’re excited to share with y’all! Here is the first (of many) letters from our org, with updates and news from the last few months, and what we’re