Founder, Steve Hindy, GM Eric Ottaway and myself took a rewarding trip down the road to the Brooklyn Navy Yards, this morning. Governor David Paterson, Borough President Marty Markowitz and a host of other government leaders were on hand to dole out $7.8 million in Downstate Revitilazation Funds to various New York City small businesses, including $800,000 for The Brooklyn Brewery.
When asked to speak, Steve said, “As a small business owner, I watched with dismay as the federal government bailed out the big banks that were ‘too big to fail’ with hundreds of billions of dollars. Small business owners wake up every morning painfully aware that they are NOT ‘too big to fail.’ We are grateful that Governor Paterson, the NY Legislature and NY Economic Development Corp are awarding this grant to the Brooklyn Brewery. We are just starting a $6.5 million expansion that will increase our brewing capacity in Brooklyn by six times. The NY stimulus money will enable us to employ some green technologies, like solar panels, that we otherwise could not afford.”
Thank you, New York!
–Ben Hudson
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