Small Businesses

Surviving the Coal Industry Decline: New Economy Work in Appalachia

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MACED, a Community Development Corporation (CDC) in Kentucky and member of the Jobs and Communities initiative, was featured in the January 2019 issue of Fortune Magazine. Listen as Peter Hille, MACED’s president, describes his organization’s new energy interns program, which is revitalizing the Hazard community and providing hope to residents that there is life beyond […]

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CEI Helps Local Flower Farm Blossom

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Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) is a Maine-based CDC that has made loans and investments, and provided business advisory services to people and businesses in Maine and New England since 1977.[1] CEI is unique in its holistic approach to addressing the multifaceted challenges of poverty alleviation, rural development and environmental sustainability. Little River Flower Farm is

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Northern Initiatives invests in small businesses to drive economic growth in northern Michigan communities

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In the Michigan UP, Northern Initiatives is making connections that others will not, investing in small businesses and providing the resources they need to start and grow, sparking local economies and creating much-needed jobs for local families.

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Neighborhood Development Center Lends Hand to Broke Entrepreneurs

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On May 15,  The National Journal highlighted the work of National Development Center (NDC), a nonprofit  community development corporation headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota that works in low-income, minority and immigrant communities around the Twin Cities. Established in 1993, NDC ‘s work hinges on the belief that residents, small businesses and neighborhood groups in all communities have

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Northern Initiatives helps Marquette Jeweler Expand Business, Double Sales

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Beth Millner has been working with jewelry crafts for nearly her entire life. Living in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for the past several years, she finds herself constantly inspired by nature and the change of seasons. Specializing in sterling silver, copper, brass and gold jewelry with a nature theme, she’s designed more than 1000 pieces of jewelry, showing her work at art and craft fairs and music festivals around Michigan for the past 5 years.

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