Newark Small Businesses Get a Big Boost: BrightStreet Awards Inaugural Entrepreneur Cohort

In a high-energy press conference at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), the new nonprofit BrightStreet officially launched its mission to revolutionize small business lending in Brick City. Joined by Newark Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Super Bowl XLIV Champion Marques Colston, the organization’s founders and its first cohort of entrepreneurs used sledgehammers to literally break down a faux brick wall—symbolizing the removal of barriers to capital, mentorship, and technology.