The best businesses in Greenpoint feel not like corporate companies but instead community cultivators. Yaro, the new arts center at 76 Kent Street, is one such small business that offers community via classes, lectures, and events that focus on ceramics, herbalism, and fiber arts. What’s more, the new storefront, per its website, is a minority-owned and women-led business.
Andrea Parikhis the founder of Yaro and signed the lease on the space just…
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Thank you Greenpointers for this great article on Yaro.
We had no idea that his neat activity was in our community.
We are excited about giving it a go in the near future!