Musicians open business on Hertel Avenue

According to the Census Bureau, there have been 20% fewer applications for new businesses in New York State compared to last year.

A statistic that does not bother these entrepreneurs.

They hope to take their model and eventually expand.

BUSINESSES HAVEBEEN FORCED TOMAKE MAJORCHANGES BECAUSEOF COVID-19.SOME ARE EVENCLOSING FOR GOOD.DESPITE THIS...THERE'S A NEWBUSINESS IN NORTHBUFFALO, THACOMBINES MUSIC...ART... AND FASHION.SEVEN EYEWITNESSNEWS REPORTERJEFF RUSACK TELLSUS ABOUT "NAMILABS".THERE'S A NEWNEIGHBOR IN NORTHBUFFALO.

A RAPGROUP.

A RAP GROUPWITH A BRICK ANDMORTAR LOCATION.NAMMI LABS IS AINTERACTIVE SPACESPECIALIZING INRETAIL, ART, EVENTSAND MUSICNAMMI LABS IS THENAME OF THELOCATION.

BUTTHESE MUSICIANSARE KNOWN AS MILEHIGH 2020.

THEY'VEBEEN MAKING MUSICFOR YEARS.

THAT'STHEIR SONG IN THEBACKGROUND.

THEHOPE OF HAVING APHYSICAL SPACE, ISTO REACH MOREPEOPLE.SO WE WILL BERECORDING MUSICAS WELL AS WORKINGON OUR OWN T SHIRTDESIGNS AS WELL ASPLANNING OUR NEXTMUSIC EVENT ORSHOW SO THIS IS AWAY TO KIND OF PUTEVERYTHING ALL INONE AND TAKE IT LIKEMAINSTREAM SORTASOMEHOW TALK TOTHE PEOPLE GETCLOSE TO HIM ANDEVERYTHING IS ITWOULD BE A LITTLEEASIER FORBUSINESS AND IT'LLBE COOLER 'CAUSE IMEAN THEY CAN SEEIT'S ENTIRE BUFFALOEVEN THOUGH IT'SVERY VERY SMALLCITY PEOPLEUSUALLY DON'T RUNINTO EACH OTHERTHAT MUCHTHEY'VE BEEN INTHEIR FIRSTLOCATION FOR A FEWWEEKS NOW..

ANDSAY THEY'VE BEENBUSY.

EVEN IN APANDEMIC.WE OBVIOUSLY HADOUR CONCERNS TOAS FAR AS JUSTPEOPLE COMING INEVEN JUST SPENDINGMONEY AT A TIME LIKETHIS BUT WEHONESTLY GOTOVERWHELMINGAMOUNT OF SUPPORTSO FAR.ACCORDING TO THECENSUS BUREAU,THERE HAVE BEEN20% FEWERAPPLICATIONS FORNEW BUSINESSES INNEW YORK STATECOMPARED TO LASTYEAR.

A STATISTICTHAT DOES NOTBOTHER THESEENTREPRENEURS.THEY HOPE TO TAKETHEIR MODEL ANDEVENTUALLY EXPAND.PROBABLY NEXTMOVE GO INTOOTHER CITIES ANDTHIS WILL BE THEFIRST FLAGSHIPSTORE AND THENWILL BEEVERYWHERE.IT'S A TOUGH TIME TOSTART A BUSINESS.BUT NAMMI LABS ONHERTEL AVENUE AREBANKING THAT MORESAFE FACE TO FACEINTERACTION WILLLEAD TO GROWTH.JEFF RUSACK 7EWN.