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NAM ES IIS THE NEWS Brooklyn,____ mePromotion GroupFeics Three LocalBusiness LeadersAs Brooklyn PioneersThe Brooklyn Economic DevelopmentCorporation (BEDC) saluted three men asthe first %u201cBrooklyn Business Pioneers%u201d at aJune 19 awards dinner in Mill Basin.Honored by the group were: Ralph Calabrese, vice president of Citibank and headof the Economic Development Center of theUrban Services Department; Shraga Newhouse, founder and president of Mademoiselle Knitwear in Bush wick; and EdmundT. Pratt, Jr., president and chief excecutiveofficer of Pfizer, Inc., the Fortune 500 company founded in Williamsburg in 1849.BEDC Board Chairman Andrew Fisher,says the three have been singled outbecause each is %u201can individual whose determination and dedication has significantlyadvanced the borough%u2019s redevelopment.Through their business decisions, they havedemonstrated their clear commitment tothe economic rebirth and long-term vitalityof Brooklyn as a center of industry, commerce, and service.%u201dBeth Goldberg, president of the development corporation, said, %u201cRalph Calabresequalifies as a Brooklyn Business Pioneerbecause of his pivotal role in starting theBrooklyn Commercial Loan Program. Thisis a unique service%u2014unparalleled in NewYork State%u2014to help Brooklyn small mediumsized commercial and retail businessesfinance the acquisition or improvement ofproperty and equipment. Citibank is theprogram%u2019s lender, and Ralph gave us unwavering support and encouragement during the three years it took to bring the program from concept to fruition.%u201dSy Newhouse according to Goldberg, is %u201caclassic Brooklyn success story%u2014a homegrown entrepreneur.%u201d Newhouse startedMademoiselle in 1979 with 10 workers inAm ong the 29 Brooklyn businesses honored by Borough President Howard Golden lastmonth with his %u201c M om and Pop\bad, owners of R&A Discount Stores on Fifth Avenue in Park Slope. Golden cited %u201cthespirit of these m erchants and their importance to the Brooklyn econom y, where they com %u00adprise half of our 33,000 businesses. They are the backbone of our neighborhoods.\Photo)Bush Terminal (now Industry City). Today,his company has 650 employees spread oversix floors and is on the brink of another major expansion. Ground was broken last No-------- %u00ab----- *%u2014 non nrtA ----------- Ca a 4v c t m i u LU 1 a o ^ u a * t i w s , i u u jmodem manufacturing plant on the formersite of the Rheingold Brewery in Bushwick,a location that has been vacant for 10 years.When the new facility is completed,Mademoiselle will hire and train 320 newworkers, virtually all of the sweatermanufacturer%u2019s employees are Brooklynresidents.%u201cEd Pratt%u2019s determined leadership,%u201d saysGoldberg, %u201cis responsible for Pfizer%u2019s extraordinary commitment to its Williamsburgneighborhood. Pfizer has initiated a veryspecial revitalization project by forming apartnership with the City to encourage therenewal of the community surrounding thecompany%u2019s five-block complex. Without thisaggressive approach, the 900 jobs in thePfizer plant today might well have beenlost; certainly the 500 to 1,000 new jobs thiscooperative venture is expected to createwould have been a much longer process.%u201dFisher adds that the honorees, represent-%u201ctogether reflect the rangethat BEDC, in its seven-yearbeen able to forge to serve thBrooklyn%u2019s business community.%u201dBEDC, a county-wide local developmentcorporation, has provided assistance, freeof charge, to 5,000 clients since its foundingin 1979 by Borough President Howard Goldenand the Kings County Overall Economic Development Program Committee. The nonprofit, quasi-govemmental agency hasworked with companies responsible for thecreation and/or retention of 50,000 jobs inBrooklyn, and its efforts have helped secure$200 million in public funding for borougheconomic development projects.Above: Assem bly Speaker Stanley Fink(right) receives a plaque honoring the workof the State Assem bly in advancing the progress for a mental health hospital forchildren in Brooklyn. Making the presentation is Denison D. Harrield, Jr. director ofcom munity relations/economic development for Brooklyn and Staten Island of theNew York Telephone Com pany, and a director of the Brooklyn Association for MentalHealth. Belo Harold E.H. Knight, Jr.,Brooklyn Union G as vice president, receivesan award on behalf of the com pany fromthe Brooklyn C o uncil of the Boy S co u ts ofAm erica for B U G 'S contributions toscouting. 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