WATCH: Brand New You: Ms. Dahlia’s Cafe, Reinventing Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn

Reinvention or gentrification? Either way, urban neighborhoods around the country are getting a facelift in light of the influx of diverse residents who have decided that they are the new “hot spots.” Among these neighborhoods–Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, where chic businesses like Ms. Dahlia’s Cafe, owned by Margo Lewis and Daphnee Supris, serve up pastries, beverages and sweet treats to patrons who appreciate them for being a part of the neighborhood.

In this episode of our video series Brand New You, host Karen Taylor Bass (PR expert and founder of thebrandnewmommy.com) talks to the owners of Ms. Dahlia’s about their new venture, gets insightful tips for other small business owners, and finds out what makes this new community the sweet spot they’ve been looking for.