Blog: IC100
06-06-22
From Basement Business to Booming Beauty Empire: [salon] 718 is Taking Over Brooklyn
Fourteen years ago, Michaella Blissett Williams started working as a hairdresser in a basement studio in her brownstone apartment on Bergen Street in Brooklyn. Today, she’s about to open her fifth location. Her journey is a true ICIC success story as Williams’ business, [salon] 718, is a multi-year recipient of the ... Read More
04-21-22
Growing Latinx-Owned Auto Repair Shop Drives Community Development
Maria Ureña is a nurse by profession, but these days, she’s the CEO of a full-service auto repair shop. It’s an unusual journey but one that Ureña says has been a natural evolution as she and her husband, Cesar, have built King Automotive Services Inc., into a thriving family-owned business in ... Read More