that shows significant disparities in the number of businesses along racial, ethnic, gender and geographic lines, and Crawford says that’s why the lab is needed. When individuals and neighborhoods find themselves locked out of access to resources and opportunities, the lab is one avenue of support.
Kia Smith, right, of South Chicago Dance Theatre, talks with Bob Crawford at the Allies for Community Business' Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab celebration at The Hatchery on May 26, 2022. Smith's repertory company was one of the small businesses honored at the event. Crawford's collaboration with the Chicago Community Trust resulted in the creation of the Neighborhood Entrepreneurship Lab.
He will be opening a Paris academy this summer. Sarr said he couldn’t open the location without the NEL grant funds. “It’s common to go to more than one location to learn a language,” Sarr said. “I wanted to be different, go to one place and learn many languages.”Karl Herbert Grabbi, Waleed Khan and Jacques Sarr attend Sarr's French advanced conversation session on June 1, 2022, in Chicago.