Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corp.

Brownsville On a Roll

Heavyweight champ Shannon Briggs is briniging the Brownsville Boxing Academy to Pitkin Ave. with Riddick Bowe and Mike Tyson, all Brownsville born and bred.
Mrs. janie Washington Bennett keeps her brother's legacy alive with the 31Pearl Foundation honoring Duane "Pearl" Washington.

Construction is rapidly bringing Bville Hub, the new headquarters for Central Brooklyn Economic Development Corp. out of the ground as I join executive director LaShawn Allen Muhammad at the construction site.  A week later, there was another story.

Emelyn Stuart, Cinequest's theater operator of the year, is bringing her Stuart Theater and Cafe to Belmont Ave. and Your Fashion Attorney Ashley N. Cloud is uplifting the industry in Brooklyn.
At Local Initiatives Support Corp.'s Big Apple Gala in Rockefeller Center, Central Brooklyn was named Community Partner of the Year as LaShawn and I noted our role as the model for the New Black Urbanism.