FAIRFIELD Find out about Solano County’s MEHKO program and what is required by the county to operate a home kitchen and sell food that’s made at home.
MEHKO stands for Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation. Solano County is one of only two counties in California that has approved MEHK
FAIRFIELD A webinar about certification and other requirements for operating a Microenterprise Home Kitchen in Solano County is scheduled June 8.
The Solano Small Business Development Center and the NorCal SBDC Restaurant Program are offering the webinar.
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Program hopes to deliver more than 3K meals to Solano’s poor, homeless
FAIRFIELD Restaurants in Fairfield and Vallejo will prepare 3,200 meals for low-income families and the homeless over a 20-week period beginning in June.
The work is part of the Restaurant Resiliency Program of Solano County, which received a $100,000 grant, the Solano Small Business Development Center announced.
Restaurants will receive $25 for every hot meal they prepare.
“Any restaurant in Vallejo or Fairfield is eligible to participate in this program but we will be giving priority to those businesses with 15 or fewer employees because we know those are the ones that have been hardest hit by the pandemic,” Tim Murrill, director of the Solano SBDC, said in a statement. “We are so grateful for the generosity of Wells Fargo that will benefit our restaurants and low-income individuals in our community.”
SBDC looks to help Black-owned businesses in Solano, NorCal
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FAIRFIELD The Solano Small Business Development Center is part of a new program that provides expert advice and training, and possible financial support, for Black-owned businesses.
The Northern California Small Business Development Center network, which includes the Solano SBDC, recently launched the Inclusivity Project.
The no-cost expert support, as well as the possible $100 million in funding for 1,000 Black-owned Northern California businesses, is available now.
How many Black-owned businesses are in Solano County is not known, but a spokeswoman for the local SBDC said the office has already heard from more than 25 business owners who are interested.
SBDC meets business challenges during Covid-hit 2020
Tim Murrill is the director of Solano Small Business Development Center. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic)
FAIRFIELD The Covid-19 pandemic has created a surge of new business at the Solano Small Business Development Center.
The Solano SBDC, in 2020, offered one-on-one advice to 936 business, a nearly 90% increase from 2019.
While there was a wide range of topics discussed, SBDC officials said the most common was related to loans and grants, marketing and pivoting business models in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“When the pandemic first began in March and April, we went from being a well-kept secret to a valuable resource for a lot of small businesses almost overnight,” SBDC Director Tim Murrill said in a statement. “We fielded hundreds of phone calls. Between March and May, we helped over 600 businesses with their SBA loans.”