We Rise Together: For an Equitable & Just Recovery announced $500,000 in grants to support Black and Latinx-owned businesses in Chicago. The funding will go to a partnership between Allies for Community Business (A4CB) and Small Business Advocacy Council (SBAC) to provide coaching and assistance to Black and Latinx business owners in10 communities areas.
Crain’s Chicago Business reporters Corli Jay and Ally Marotti examine how dollar stores and lack of retail variety in blighted corridors hurt Chicago’s South and West Side communities.
The article features A4CB’s CEO Brad McConnell.
A4CB’s Amanda Askew attended CDFI Friendly South Bend’s South Bend Access to Capital lunch and Learn to share how A4CB can help Indiana businesses grow.
A4CB’s Director of Community Lending, Yessenia Diaz de Leon led a webinar for BACP on building personal credit with a business loan. Watch the recording!
Did you miss our info session on the Cook County Small Business Source 2023 Grant? Watch the recording!
The 2023 Source Grant strives to support, grow and elevate small businesses as the backbone of Cook County’s economy. A4CB is serving as a program administrator in partnership with the WBDC.
Did you miss our webinar about becoming WBE and MBE certified? Watch the recording!
Did you miss our webinar on personal financial coaching? Watch the recording!
The Economic Development Corporation Michigan City is working with Allies for Community Business to connect entrepreneurs with capital and coaching to develop their businesses in LaPorte County.
Allies for Community Business is partnering with The PepsiCo Foundation on the 2023 Impacto Hispanic Accelerator program.
Miss our webinar with SBAC Empower and Byline Bank? Watch the recording!
A4CB Director of Business Coaching, Rowan Richards, spoke on the future of entrepreneurship and business opportunities in the City of Elmhurst.