USAlliance in Port Chester awards grants to two small businesses

USAlliance Federal Credit Union (dba USALLIANCE Financial) has awarded the Small Business Recovery Grant (SBRG) to four local businesses in partnership with the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (FHLBNY). The SBRG program, designed to aid small businesses and non-profits, distributed grants to FHLBNY member banks in support of enterprises encountering economic challenges. As a cooperative credit union, USALLIANCE is proud to support the small businesses and non-profit organizations that continue to help drive communities in the face of inflation, supply chain constraints, rising costs, and other economic obstacles.

USALLIANCE’s Port Chester branch awarded grants to Trainor Dance and Vaccaro’s Wines and Spirits.

Caitlin Trainor founded Trainor Dance in 2011 with a focus on robust physical, interdisciplinary work. The company has a supple structure, with an ever-growing repertoire that canvasses concert dance, site-specific work, and audience interactive performances. Trainor’s choreography consistently maintains a commitment to highly musical, visually stimulating work with a social conscience.

Vaccaro’s Wines and Spirits, which recently moved from one location to another on Midland Avenue with the development of Floor & Décor where Pathmark and then Key Food used to be, has been a family-owned establishment in the Village of Port Chester for more than 44 years. Joseph Licare, born and raised in Port Chester, worked as an accountant for IBM for 18 years before venturing into the small business arena. Joe likes to interact with the community and over the years has grown to learn about his customers and enjoys making personal recommendations to them.