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Taking more of an ownership managerial role. We have equipment dating back to the 1970s in our store, and this is a pretty common reality for a lot of old Sole Proprietor independent businesses in the city. So ive had to assess upgrades for that establishment on its own in addition to working with other grocers and i sit on the board of the Arab American Grocers Association so i have a lot of relationships with Small Businesses and weve had interface with the department of environment on several...

For people of all races and incomes and races. When we lose families we are losing diversity. While diversity is a value for it in and of itself, the loss of diversity also threatens the following areas middle income jobs and workers, environment and sustainability, social integration, social capital and citizen engagement. Over the past two months my office has been working with the Mayors Office, the School District and a diverse dwruep group of stake holders to further specify what this counc...

Centralizing these resources in a way that is accessible to people that are in their store all the time and dont really have the knowledge or access to look at the city programs. And so i feel like my specialty is in that area of being able to have some policy literacy and then communicate it to a larger constituency who often maybe trust those Informal Networks a little more than if it was proposed by a city entity. So thats my hope is to be able to bridge that conversation and that effort of S...