Via nycneighborhoods:
On Monday, NYC Department of Small Business Services Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer visited new storefronts along Mermaid Avenue that are being renovated as part of the city’s Hurricane Sandy Storefront Improvement Program. Funded by the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City, the program has provided more than $1 million in grants to help 72 small businesses across the city renovate storefronts damaged by Hurricane Sandy and restore the vitality of local commercial corridors impacted by the storm. Supported in Coney Island by the Alliance for Coney Island, Astella Development Corporation, and the Business Outreach Center Network (BOCNET), more than a dozen storefronts are being rebuilt along Mermaid Avenue, as part of the program.