“This is a great opportunity for the community at large to support these businesses so they can grow,” said Mario García, executive director for Onward House. “They will not only be impacting a business, they will be impacting families that are trying to make a better economic life for themselves.”
EXCERPT: A Belmont Cragin-based nonprofit is lifting up minority and women entrepreneurs who would’ve otherwise had a difficult time launching their small businesses by giving them affordable retail space in Logan Square.
Onward Neighborhood House is opening its first-ever “retail accelerator” in a long-vacant storefront at 3633-37 W. Fullerton Ave. Saturday is the grand opening. A short program is scheduled for 3 p.m.
The entrepreneurs are recent graduates of the nonprofit’s business incubator program, now in its third year.
Casa Brow, a semi-permanent makeup and microblading business from Hermosa resident Vanessa Puente, and Namaslay Yoga from Pilsen resident Hayde Canales, are the first two businesses to move into the storefront.