WEDC awards $249,000 in grants to Milwaukee entrepreneurship programs
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Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation will disburse $249,000 in grants to six Milwaukee-based organizations supporting entrepreneurship.
The grants are a part of a WEDC initiative to provide $500,000 in economic support to 13 organizations that offer resources to entrepreneurs throughout Wisconsin.
Northwest Side Community Development Corp. will receive $60,000 to expand professional accounting, marketing and legal support services for women and minority-owned businesses on Milwaukee’s northwest side. The group specifically targets child care businesses for assistance.
BizStarts, known for its institute that works with entrepreneurs to build wealth in low to moderate-income Milwaukee neighborhoods, will receive $60,000 to build its education and long-term business coaching programming.
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More than $500,000 awarded to groups helping startups thrive
MADISON, WI. MARCH 8, 2021 – Thirteen Wisconsin organizations helping small businesses with training, legal services, coping with COVID-19 and more have been awarded grants totaling $529,000 from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC).
Since their creation in 2016, WEDC’s Entrepreneurship Support Grants have invested more than $2.4 million in groups statewide working to improve and increase access to entrepreneurship resources. More than 800 entrepreneurs are expected to be served by the programs funded this year.
“These grants are really about creating an environment across Wisconsin that allows entrepreneurs to take their best ideas and turn them into successful businesses,” said WEDC Secretary and CEO
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UW-Madison student Macy Saundersâ schedule this school year has been entirely online â no face-to-face or hybrid classes.
Itâs made for a tough transition for the sophomore, who transferred to the university last fall to study conservation biology, considers herself to be a hands-on learner and has yet to take a class in an academic building.
âIâm just ready to get to actually enjoy the campus and meet people,â she said Thursday after getting tested for COVID-19, one of the only activities that brings her to campus.
Saunders and thousands of other students growing increasingly weary of online learning received a dose of cautious optimism when the University of Wisconsin System announced that it anticipates at least 75% of classes on each UW campus will be taught fully face-to-face or in a hybrid format this fall.