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Renaissance is Your Community Business Partner
Learn about our low-interest small business loans
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Renaissance Economic Development Corporation (REDC) is a U.S. Treasury-certified Community Development Financial Institution dedicated to transforming immigrant, low- and middle-income communities in New York City. REDC has a 20+ year track record of providing low-interest small business loans and entrepreneurial training programs in underserved areas throughout the five boroughs. REDC is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration and Empire State Development.
REDC is approved to offer SBA loan products under SBA’s Microloan Program.
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Success Story: Tropical Stars Staffing Firm Opens New Opportunities to Immigrant Workers
(Photo: Heather Smith (left) and Sagine Duverneau of Tropical Stars.) Two years ago, Heather Smith came to Renaissance Economic Development Corp. (REDC) with a dream: establishing a new staffing company to help immigrant women find their footing in New York’s hospitality industry. Today her firm, Tropical Stars, Inc., based in Flatbush, Brooklyn, boasts almost $3…
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