Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Have you ever wanted a say in what businesses come to Brooklyn? Now's your chance! Our PowerUP entrepreneurs are turning great ideas into real businesses – and now you get to decide which one will take home the $1000 Audience Choice Award!
Help us celebrate Brooklyn’s brightest entrepreneurs by voting for this year’s Audience Choice Award winner in the PowerUP Business Plan Competition!
Vote today through November 20, 2025 at bklynlibrary.org/vote
ABOUT:
Since 2003, PowerUP has nurtured 10,900 individuals with over 1,800 business plans and awarded more than $650,000 in cash and in-kind gifts to Brooklyn entrepreneurs. Our success stories include more than 100 companies with passion for food and drink, health and wellness, arts and crafts, media and fashion, education, social justice, and cultural diversity—everything that makes Brooklyn great.
Dimensional Dance Collective is a creative training space for young dancers ages 8–18 to explore movement, build confidence, and develop their individual artistic voice beyond traditional technique and competition. Programs help dancers strengthen their artistry while learning real-world skills like collaboration, leadership, and self-expression that prepare them for sustainable careers in arts related fields and beyond.
Have you ever wanted a say in what businesses come to Brooklyn? Now's your chance! Our PowerUP entrepreneurs are turning great ideas into real businesses – and now you get to decide which one will take home the $1000 Audience Choice Award!
Help us celebrate Brooklyn’s brightest entrepreneurs by voting for this year’s Audience Choice Award winner in the PowerUP Business Plan Competition!
Vote today through November 20, 2025 at bklynlibrary.org/vote
ABOUT:
Since 2003, PowerUP has nurtured 10,900 individuals with over 1,800 business plans and awarded more than $650,000 in cash and in-kind gifts to Brooklyn entrepreneurs. Our success stories include more than 100 companies with passion for food and drink, health and wellness, arts and crafts, media and fashion, education, social justice, and cultural diversity—everything that makes Brooklyn great.
Dimensional Dance Collective is a creative training space for young dancers ages 8–18 to explore movement, build confidence, and develop their individual artistic voice beyond traditional technique and competition. Programs help dancers strengthen their artistry while learning real-world skills like collaboration, leadership, and self-expression that prepare them for sustainable careers in arts related fields and beyond.
