Optimum Business and the LIA Foundation, the charitable arm of the Long Island Association, have announced the winners of its L.O.C.A.L. Small Business Grants, which will directly fund 50 small ...

Small businesses across Long Island were awarded grants at the 2025 Small Business Summit on Wednesday, June 18. Local businesses received $5,000 as part of the L.O.C.A.L. Small Business Grants ...

Small businesses in Nassau and Suffolk counties can apply for grants to help them grow their business. That’s thanks to the Lifting Our Community Businesses Across Long Island, or L.O.C.A.L., Small ...

Standing in the backyard of her home-based day care center in North Babylon last Friday, Yohaina Martinez had no idea how much her business' fortune was about to change. The 41-year-old is one of two ...

Optimum Business and the Bridgeport Regional Business Council announced the grant winners of the Lifting up Small Businesses Connecticut grant program Wednesday. In total, 25 businesses were each ...