Behind the Scenes: Made in Chinatown x Grand Tea & Imports
Grand Tea & Imports is a multi-generational family business sourcing small batch teas and unique cultural imports. The shop’s products and colors directly influenced the design of the collection.
Read the design inspiration behind the long sleeve shirt and print for the Made in Chinatown merch collection.
Behind the Scenes: Made in Chinatown x Magic Jewelry
Since 1995, Magic Jewelry NYC has been combining the ancient Asian wisdom of Feng Shui with the magical powers of crystals.
Read more about how the shop’s aura reading cards influenced Harry Trinh’s design of the Made in Chinatown collection’s hat and tote bag.
Launching the next phase of our Longevity Fund: $1 million in small business grants
We are relaunching The Longevity Fund to continue recovery efforts and drive long-term sustainability through business recuperation and improvement.
Our goal remains the same – doing all that we can to say Chinatown will always be open for business. Welcome to Chinatown aims to distribute $1 million in grants to Manhattan Chinatown small businesses by the end of 2021. Read more to learn about the grant fund.
Chinatown: State of Neighborhood Small Businesses Survey
Welcome to Chinatown started the Longevity Fund to provide short-term relief to our neighborhood’s small businesses at a time of dire need. But it is also increasingly apparent to us that neighborhood small businesses need more than short-term aid.
Respondents to our Small Business Survey Program cited marketing, website creation and updates, and design as resources they’d be interested in. Read more about how these findings influenced our relaunch of the Longevity Fund.
A Day in Chinatown with Restaurateur and Entrepreneur Eric Sze (@esze.e)
In our next edition, “A Day in Chinatown with…” we’re spending the day with Eric Sze, a Taiwanese-born American restaurateur, entrepreneur and the chef and owner of Taiwanese restaurant 886. Having opened 886 in 2018, Eric has received accolades both in and out of the restaurant world. Named Forbes 30 under 30 2020, he was recognized for his work during the pandemic feeding frontline workers.