New York City Small Business Owner Among 200+ Black Women Entrepreneurs to Win National Backing Black Business Cash Grant

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February 28, 2022

New York City Small Business Owner Among 200+ Black Women Entrepreneurs to Win National Backing Black Business Cash Grant 

New York City – The Reimagine Main Street project today announced GSD Solutions Inc has been awarded a national Backing Black Business cash grant. The small business grants are designed to fuel the growth aspirations and boost the trajectory of 200+ Black women-led small businesses and entrepreneurs across the U.S. 

GSD Solutions is a Business Development agency that specializes in digital adoption. We work with our businesses to build inclusive, innovative, and experience-driven solutions that increase customer engagement & sales. Our mission is to help businesses scale & connect with their customers using technology. Our services include virtual and hybrid event production and design, as well as consulting on online course creation and facilitation. We have been in business since 2019 and managed to succeed during the pandemic due to the increased need for businesses to go virtual.  

We applied for the grant because as a Black and Woman-owned business access to capital is very difficult. Winning this grant gives us the opportunity to continue growing our business and employ more people. We are a majority female team that has doubled in size in the last year. Financially supporting black-owned businesses like ours dramatically changes the outcome for families and the economies all throughout the United States and around the world.

The Backing Black Business Small Business Grants program winners, announced at the culmination of Black History Month, include women entrepreneurs competing in 10 industries including health care, finance, food and beverage, child care, construction, fitness, and marketing, hailing from communities across the entire U.S. 

“We are so grateful to have received this grant! As a fast-growing business it is so amazing to be highlighted and supported in our work” said Georgie-Ann Getton the CEO and Founder of GSD Solutions. 

“Black women entrepreneurs are vital contributors to our national and local economies, innovating products and services to meet customer demand and creating jobs,” said Tammy Halevy, Co-lead of Reimagine Main Street. “By providing Black women entrepreneurs with cash grants and other valuable support and resources, we can help these small business leaders in their communities keep thriving as we emerge from the economic effects of the pandemic.”

“This grant program could change the trajectory of some of the 207 amazing businesses led by Black women entrepreneurs across the U.S. who are the largest segment of new and emerging businesses,” said Renee Johnson, Co-lead of Reimagine Main Street. “Our $2 million commitment to Black-owned small businesses is unique in its support for not just women who had businesses prior to the pandemic, but also those bold enough to launch their businesses during COVID-19.”

Reimagine Main Street partnered with a national network of organizations dedicated to serving Black women business owners across the country, with support from Meta, to execute the Backing Black Business program. The $2 million in cash grants will be reinvested back into Main Streets across America and bear fruit for many years to come.

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About Reimagine Main Street

Small businesses and their workers must rebound from the COVID-19 crisis so that communities thrive and the benefits ripple throughout the economy. We are a multi-stakeholder, cross-sector initiative focused on advancing and uplifting innovative solutions via dialogue and data to ensure that MLK Boulevards, Cesar Chavez Ways, Chinatowns and Main Streets are at the center of our COVID-19 recovery. Reimagine Main Street is a project of the Public Private Strategies Institute. Visit www.reimaginemainstreet.org to learn more.