Clara Louise Little Belle devoted twenty-five years to serving in-patient and out-patient clients and their families at Creedmore Psychiatric Center before becoming an entrepreneur and civic advocate. Ms. Belle opened her first fashion store of family apparel and accessories in Jamaica Queens and a year later opened a second one in Troy, North Carolina.

As a businesswoman, she was very civic minded and founded the LPW567 Block Association and later served as the 105th Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard Neighborhood Block Association President for two and a half decades, organizing hundreds of block parties, long distance shopping and casino bus trips and holiday social events for the community. She also organized snow shoveling and spring beautification projects between the youth and the elderly.

She also was a committed volunteer at PS50Q and at the community health and recreation center. Additionally, she served as an Auxiliary Officer for the 103rd NYPD Precinct and community liaison with the Queens County Civil Court Family Advocate Division. She received many awards and accolades for her social justice work.