Loans & Lead Abatement – Q3 Report 2022
October 17, 2022
Category: goals
Chelas con Contratistas 4.Oct.2022
October 3, 2022
This was one of our most successful events since we launched Business Alianzas (post-COVID).
Almost 60 attendees joined us for Cheers! and Chelas on October 4th, 2022 from 5-7:30pm + after party! The Puente Team registered 17 Immigrant contractors for our upcoming Bilingual Lead Abatement Training in November.
The Bilingual Panel: Resources & Opportunities (Recursos y Oportunidades) was very well received.
We broadcast the panel live on Puente Facebook. You can watch the video here:
Bridget Espinosa, Puente CEO was the moderator:
- Steve Cato, City of Detroit HRD – Chief Compliance Inspector
- Sonia Alvarado, City of Detroit HRD – Lead Inspector
- Patrick Beal, Detroit Training Center – CEO
- Melissa Rios, Detroit Land Bank – Procurement Manager
In addition, we were featured on the front page of El Central Hispanic News on Thursday October 6, 2022.
Un artículo bilingüe fue publicado en la portada de El Central Hispanic News el jueves 6 de octubre, 2022.
El equipo de Puente actualmente está inscribiendo para sus próximos cursos bilingües que se llevarán a cabo del 7 al 11 de noviembre del 2022 y nuevamente en febrero. La fecha límite para inscribirse es el 17 de octubre. Todos los trabajadores de habla hispana en Metro Detroit son elegibles para presentar una solicitud.
Se puede encontrar más información en businessalianzas.org/events
o comunicándose con
la Gerente General de Puente
Yazmin Payan, al 313-349-0089 o por correo electrónico a team@puenteci.com.
Original Invitation:
Únase a nosotros con una merecida bebida después del trabajo el martes 4 de octubre. 🍻🍸🍹 Tendremos Cheers con Business Alianzas seguido por Chelas con Contratistas
📍 La Palapa (1633 Lawndale St, Detroit, MI 48209)
Agenda:
- 5:00-6:00 pm Cheers! con Business Alianzas
- 6:00-7:00 pm Chelas con Contratistas
- Panel Bilingüe: “Recursos y oportunidades”
Expertos hablarán sobre los recursos y oportunidades disponibles para aquellos que están certificados en reducción de plomo. - Registro para la reducción de plomo noviembre de 2022
- Panel Bilingüe: “Recursos y oportunidades”
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Contractors, don’t miss out on this networking event!
Join us for a well-deserved drink after work on Tuesday, October 4th. 🍻🍸🍹 We will be hosting Cheers with Business Alianzas followed by Chelas con Contratistas (Beers with Builders)
📍 La Palapa (1633 Lawndale St, Detroit, MI 48209)
Agenda:
- 5:00-6:00 pm Cheers with Business Alianzas
- 6:00-7:30 pm Chelas con Contratistas
- 6:30-7:15 pm Panel Bilingüe: “Recursos y Oportunidades”
Experts will talk about the resources and opportunities available to those who are certified in Lead Abatement. - Registration for Lead Abatement Nov 2022
- 6:30-7:15 pm Panel Bilingüe: “Recursos y Oportunidades”
Recap: Cheers! with Business Alianzas, Chelas con Contratistas and 1 Year Anniversary
February 18, 2022
So far we’ve had two big events this year, Cheers with Business Alianzas and Chelas con Contratistas which took place on January 18th at La Posada restaurant. During both events, besides networking with everyone present, our priority was to register as many contractors as possible for Lead Abatement, a course that explains how to safely work with lead and asbestos. There’s still availability for those interested in this free program.
By the end of the event we registered approximately 10 contractors! Additionally, they were able to exchange contact information between each other. Huge thank you to La Posada Restaurant for allowing us to host this event at their business and to their employees for their attention with us.
Lastly, we want to thank each and every member of the 150 small businesses that form part of Business Alianzas. Our 1 year celebration would not have been possible without all of you! Thank you for allowing us to help you every step of the way. We look forward to continuing working with all of you this year. We enjoyed celebrating with all those who joined us at Los Altos Restaurant, via zoom, and in Puerto Morelos. Thank you to Los Altos for hosting this afternoon with many shared conversations and laughs. Here’s to many more years of assisting entrepreneurs.
Visit our Business Alianzas website to stay up to date with our upcoming events. We hope to see you at our next event!
ANCHORED in 2022
January 13, 2022
Our word for 2022 is ANCHORED. Puente Cultural Integration spent all of 2020 living with INTENTION and all of 2021 DEVELOPing our team, new programs, new platforms, new partnerships. We will revisit this metaphoric ANCHOR frequently, understanding that we are anchored with room to move, to ride the waves, but that our foundation is strong. We are rooted and connected to our community around us, connected to partnerships, connected to our clients, and connected as a team.
Definition of ANCHOR:
A source of security or stability.
“At its core of most anchor symbolism, though, lies strength, faith, and hope. When a ship’s captain calls for the anchor to be dropped, it’s to stabilize and secure the craft, even in the stormiest of waters.”
Karma & Luck
Definition:
Full Definition of Anchor per Merriam Webster
(Entry 1 of 2)
- a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom
- a reliable or principal support : MAINSTAY
- something that serves to hold an object firmly
Preparing Your Anchor: “Be sure the anchor line is strong and long enough to anchor [your boat]. A good rule of thumb is that the length of the line should be at least seven to ten times the depth of the water where you are setting anchor.”
As I read the quote above, I reflected on the length of my line. I currently have a team of four talented, bilingual women in Detroit and we’ve just added our first male to the staff. In Puerto Morelos, I have my business partner and our contracted webmaster. So now Puente is a team of eight. In addition to our staff, we have just over 150 partners and clients. With this team, we will go far in 2022! Goals … 7×10
Hope you find your anchor in 2022!
Bridget B. Espinosa
CEO, Puente Cultural Integration
#DEVELOP2021
January 4, 2021
I rarely make New Year’s resolutions, but the last few years I have chosen a word, phrase, or mantra for the year. Since my birthday is in late August, I tend to do my goal setting at the start my school year – influenced by spending 18 years as a student, 21 years as an educator + 14 years parenting my school-aged children. This past year has been like no other, but I lived my life with INTENTION and gratitude in 2020. These have been particularly important habits that I will continue going forward and this year intentional goal-setting practices are extremely important.
What do you want to #DEVELOP2021? (use our #hashtag to share on FB / Twitter / IG!)
My word for 2021 is DEVELOP. There are a lot of ways to apply and interpret the word DEVELOP and I plan to explore them in depth with the Puente Team as we begin the year. We will DEVELOP ourselves through goal-setting, DEVELOP programs, help others to DEVELOP best practices, and help our contractors and partners with construction DEVELOPment projects.
These are just a few ways we will DEVELOP in 2021!
- The first order will be for each of us to set individual professional and personal DEVELOPment SMART goals that we will measure each month. Stating general improvements or habits is not enough. Each goal must be SMART to help us DEVELOP habits to improve: Specific, Measurable, Relevant/Realistic, Time-Sensitive. Something as simple as “I will exercise for 30 min three times a week.”, or “I will create and post two videos a month.”, “I will read for at least 30 pages a week of both fiction and non-fiction.”
- I will DEVELOP new entrepreneurship program models taking the lessons we learned from last year and determining which partners are best to execute them. DEVELOPing new partnerships throughout the State of Michigan may be another outcome in our business development.
- We will be looking at opportunities and resources to help our clients establish their own goals and to help them DEVELOP new business practices for during COVID-19 and the post-pandemic economy. One important piece is to DEVELOP relationships and referral systems to help our small businesses to work together – B2B connections are more important than ever.
- The members of the MI-HCA are very excited to continue to DEVELOP – building their capacity through the Bilingual Lead Abatement training program we’re providing through a partnership with the City of Detroit and the Erb Family Foundation and to add additional certifications such as the Residential Builders License. In addition, we’ve been working with the SDBA and O’Brien Construction to ensure that Southwest Detroit contractors / MI-HCA members are able to support the La Joya Gardens project, the first large DEVELOPment on W. Vernor Hwy in decades. We will continue to support them in every way we can!
What do you want to #DEVELOP2021? (use our #hashtag to share on FB / Twitter / IG!)
Season of New Beginnings
April 20, 2019
I have a tendency to reflect and plan with the start of each season. January is rarely my time for goal setting or resolutions, rather the spring and fall tend to bring out my dreams and aspirations for improvement or a shift in my focus or energy. Did anyone else have a really long winter? I am working hard at “thinking spring”, but these dark and cloudy days make it difficult.
Spring is a logical time for renewal and for strength. While a Michigan Spring can sometimes (often) be rainy and dreary, it still brings hope. We know that sunshine and warm weather are coming soon, the days get longer, the mornings brighter. It allows us to breathe a little deeper, as we hear the birds chirping and feel the afternoons warming up.
During this long holiday weekend, when many find solace in their Holy Week and Easter traditions, take a moment to reflect on what new beginnings are presenting themselves to you.
Where will your path take you during this next season of rebirth (either figuratively or literally)?
Might you take the “road less traveled” or will you sail the route of springs past?
