Sunday, November 24, 2024
11/24/2024
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr height="266"> <td class="xl78" width="864" height="266">Northwest Side Community Development Corporation (NWSCDC) will use CED Social Enterprise funds to launch the NWSCDC Social Enterprise Incubator, which will support minority and women-owned social enterprise businesses throughout Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Funds will be used to provide small business loan financing, business technical assistance, and other key targeted social and economic support services to qualifying social enterprise business expansion projects. Funds will also be used to support a NWSCDC Social Enterprise Incubator Manager, a position which will have primary oversight of the incubator activities and will provide tailored technical assistance to participating businesses. The NWSCDC Social Enterprise Incubator will assist social enterprise businesses to grow new jobs which are accessible by public transit, can be filled by low-income individuals, and that will provide dependable hours, benefits, wage growth and advancement opportunities that will lead to self-sufficiency. NWSCDC will also partner with local TANF agency MAXIMUS, Employ Milwaukee, and Wisconsin Community Services (serving re-entry individuals) to provide social support and wrap-around services.  NWSCDC has engaged with prospective social enterprise business partners, and plans to work with 10 participating business for the incubator each year. Initially, the NWSCDC Social Enterprise Incubator will work with six businesses: PepperPot Catering, a Jamaican food takeout and catering service; Abundant Living Services, an adult residential facility; School Bus Services of WI, a three-year-old school bus company; Riley’s Room, a child care center for children with developmental disabilities; PumpFive, an early stage technology logistics company that delivers gasoline directly to vehicles; and Jonco Industries, a veteran-owned manufacturing business (formerly Goodwill Industries). The project will serve low-income individuals in a predominantly African-American and is a very low-income service area, which includes local Opportunity Zones</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
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