Business Spotlight: Imperial Ballroom
For over 25 years, Ming and Irene have shared their love of dance with the community of Chinatown. Read more about their story.
Business Spotlight: Shakya Trading
Welcome to Chinatown spoke with Sagar Shakya, owner of Shakya Trading. For three generations, his family has painstakingly created a variety of Buddhist cultural and religious goods, singing bowls, jewelry, and gifts.
NYC Political Party Registration Deadline
NYC has a primary election coming up on June 22, 2021. February 14 is the last day you can change your political party to participate in the primary. Read on to learn how to be sure your voice will be heard!
Business Spotlight: Thailicious
Another recent Longevity Fund Grantee: Thailicious. Owner Jay Lue grew up in Thailand and spent years cooking with her family. In 2016, she opened her restaurant in Chinatown which quickly became popular with the local community. Read on to learn more about how the business has been faring during COVID and why Thailicious decided to apply to the Longevity Fund.
Welcome to Chinatown Partners with Southern Smoke Foundation to Provide Chinese Language Access to Southern Smoke’s COVID-19 Crisis Relief Funds
To widen the funnel of access resources for relief funds and programs, Welcome to Chinatown has partnered with Southern Smoke Foundation — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit foundation raising funds for support and assistance for those in the food and beverage community and their suppliers — to provide translation services for Chinese-speaking applicants who worked in an NYC Chinatown food or beverage establishment and need Chinese translation assistance in completing their application.