East End Beacon: Business Speed Dating with the Five East End Towns

Say you wanted to start a business on the East End, but weren’t sure where to start it. The Long Island Association, in its first “State of the East End” breakfast July 9 at the Inn at East Wind in Wading River, asked each of the five East End town supervisors to share their elevator pitch for why you should start a business in their town.

A couple years ago, the Long Island Association, which is based in Melville and sees itself as Long Island’s Chamber of Commerce, began a new East End Small Business Support Program, advocating for the needs of businesses in the five East End towns, where there are currently upwards of 160,000 year-round residents.

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