Photo Courtesy of Queens Tourism Council
The Queens Economic Development Corporation — with funding from the Citi Foundation — recently announced the winners of the ninth annual StartUP! Business Plan Competition, a five-month challenge-and-instruction course. The three winners were awarded $10,000 each to jumpstart their businesses. Pictured here are (from left): Sante Antonelli from QEDC; Edward Odom from Citi, Patricia Ornst from Delta; Esta-Joy Sydell from Esta-Joy’s Kitchen; Karen Domingo-Moran from Kidspire; Ricardi Calixte from QEDC; Amy Saekow from Tisana; Seth Bornstein from QEDC; and Tara Lannen-Stanton from Queens Library.
