Money Matters: Wealth Creation in 2019

Fri, May 31 2019
7:00 am – 1:00 pm
Central Library, Info Commons Lab

business finance


A volatile stock market, strong job numbers, yet high inflation - living in today’s complex economic climate can be challenging. Please join us as we explore some current finance trends for the urban investor to help you make well-informed financial choices. Whether you’re buying a home, investing in art, or wondering about bitcoin currency, you’ll see personal finance with fresh, contemporary eyes.

Innovative Budgeting

Blogger, Kathryn Tuggle of Her Money Media, Inc. will discuss balancing your budget responsibly and with style: from apps and spreadsheets to bullet journals and paper planners.

Banking on Your Home

Your home can also be an income source. A panel of experts will discuss steps to purchasing a home and making it a profitable investment.

Investing in Art

Ivy Jones, owner of Welancora Gallery, will teach you how to develop personal taste, evaluate artwork from a buyer’s perspective and build a collection with meaning.

Bitcoin and Blockchain

D.K. Smith, Director of Brooklyn Innovation Center, explains these new technologies and helps you discover how they might revolutionize the financial world and impact your business or your bank account

*Community Service Society will provide one-on-one financial counseling throughout the event.

BPL’s Business & Career Center is generously supported by Dime Community Bank, Lead Funder of the PowerUP! Business Plan Competition, women.nyc, Dr. Beverly S. Jacobs, Ridgewood Savings Bank, Con Edison, ReferenceUSA, Elizabeth Crowell & Robert Wilson and Signature Bank.

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A volatile stock market, strong job numbers, yet high inflation - living in today’s complex economic climate can be challenging. Please join us as we explore some current finance trends for the urban investor to help you make well-informed financial choices. Whether you’re buying a home, investing in art, or wondering about bitcoin currency, you’ll see personal finance with fresh, contemporary eyes.

Innovative Budgeting

Blogger, Kathryn Tuggle of Her Money Media, Inc. will discuss balancing your budget responsibly and with style: from apps and spreadsheets to bullet journals and paper planners.

Banking on Your Home

Your home can also be an income source. A panel of experts will discuss steps to purchasing a home and making it a profitable investment.

Investing in Art

Ivy Jones, owner of Welancora Gallery, will teach you how to develop personal taste, evaluate artwork from a buyer’s perspective and build a collection with meaning.

Bitcoin and Blockchain

D.K. Smith, Director of Brooklyn Innovation Center, explains these new technologies and helps you discover how they might revolutionize the financial world and impact your business or your bank account

*Community Service Society will provide one-on-one financial counseling throughout the event.

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