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🌟 Attention Business Owners: Join Us for the City of Durham Mayor's Town Hall Meeting! 🌟 The Office of Economic and Workforce Development invites you to attend this FREE event with Mayor Leonardo Williams, featuring the SBA Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman, and renowned entrepreneur John Hope Bryant founder of Operation Hope, along with other resource partners. You’ll gain access to a wide range of resources to help grow and scale your business. This is a unique opportunity for the business community whether you’re just starting out or have been around for years, we’re offering tools and resources that can help you succeed. 📍 Location: NCCU New School of Business 📅 Date: Tuesday, October 29, 2024 🕒 Time: 8:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. 👉 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eWg6AeBn Feel free to share this invitation with your network. We look forward to your valuable contributions! #Durham #LevelingUP #TownHall #BusinessCommunity #EconomicDevelopment #LocalGovernment John Ham Women's Business Center of North Carolina The Research, Policy and Impact Center South Atlantic SBTRC

Discover how to leverage the 5 C's of Credit (Character, Capacity, Capital, Collateral, and Conditions) to boost your chances of securing a business loan. Join us this Thursday for a free session with Leslie Lewis from Institute Capital, our in-house CDFI (Community Development Financial Institution Fund). Don't miss out! Date: 10/17/2024 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Registration: https://lnkd.in/eDXmQ25S National Institute of Minority Economic Development Institute Capital Roberta McCullough Kevin J. Price Women's Business Center of Charlotte

ACC’s Donna Gambrell recently joined Gina Coleman, PNC’s Chief Diversity Officer, for a dynamic fireside chat at the 2024 Community Leadership Symposium. Their discussion on “Committing to D&I in the Face of Uncertainty” was a highlight of the event. The symposium featured a variety of engaging panels and sessions on critical topics, including climate action for economic development, pathways to homeownership, and strategies for expanding access to capital. Notable speakers included: - Ray Ocañas, PNC Director of Community Development Banking - Bill Demchak, PNC Chairman and CEO - Shannan Herbert, Washington Area Community Investment Fund - Anika Goss-Foster, Detroit Future City - Dafina Williams, Opportunity Finance Network - Kristi Eberhardt, PNC Head of Sustainable Finance - Lisa Cuestas, Casa Familiar - Joy Horak-Brown, New Hope Housing - Laura Arce, UnidosUS - Lena Andrews, ACTION-Housing - Todd Crow, PNC Head of Multifamily Capital - Richard Bynum, PNC Chief Corporate Responsibility Officer - Brett Theodos, Urban Institute (Moderator) - Bob Dickerson, Birmingham Business Resource Center - Watchen Bruce, Baltimore Community Lending - Nick Mitchell-Bennett, come dream. come build #DonnaGambrell #ACC #PNC #Appalachia #CommunityLeadership #Diversityandinclusion

A beautiful morning in Morganton today, Oct. 12, as District Director Mike Arriola and Team SBA Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience reached out to the Hmong community at the Western Piedmont Community College Foothills Higher Ed Center to showcase available disaster assistance for this audience with FEMA officials. North Carolina is home to the fourth largest Hmong community, after California, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The Hmong in our state are centered in Burke and surrounding counties. Sendra Y. (Yang), President of the NC Hmong Women's Association, was a chief organizer of the event. After the discussion, the community formed an impromptu drive-thru queue to pick up food and supplies collected in part by Ann Gonzales, President of the Charlotte-based Carolinas Asian-American Chamber of Commerce. #wholeofcommunity #hmongcommunity #nchmong #sbadisasterassistance White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders

SBA HURRICANE RELIEF UPDATE 🎇 SBA has expanded the list of eligible counties to include more counties that can benefit from the full suite of disaster loan offerings. A graphic showing the current picture with those changes appears below. 🎇 In addition, today (Oct. 9), a Disaster Recovery Center opened at 1 pm at AC Reynolds High School in Buncombe County, southeast of downtown Asheville. The DRC is operated by FEMA and includes SBA Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience personnel to help individual homeowners, renters, businesses, and private nonprofits with disaster loan needs. After today, the DRC will be open seven days a week from 8 am to 7 pm until further notice. The DRC at AC Reynolds joins the three SBA locations earlier announced on this page. Feel free to repost. #sbadisasterassistance #hurricanehelene