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More than 30 local and state election candidates turned out to a west Charlotte brewery Thursday, in an appeal to Latino voters —the nation’s fastest-growing voter bloc.

Bank of America is awarding Charlotte’s Latin American Chamber of Commerce with a $200,000 grant to launch an online e-commerce platform for local Latino-owned businesses.

Wells Fargo awarding millions to Charlotte organizations to advance economic mobility, improve racial equity Millions in grants go to Charlotte organizations By WBTV Web Staff | May 5, 2021 at 6:07 PM EDT - Updated May 5 at 6:46 PM CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Wells Fargo was joined by a lineup of special guests to make a huge announcement of millions in grants to be awarded to various organizations in Charlotte Wednesday. In an event at Johnson C. Smith University, it was revealed that Wells Fargo is awarding $3.2 million in grants to various organizations to help them advance economic mobi...

WFAE Changes in eligibility come after failures during the first round of the Paycheck Protection Program, failures that caused many minority-owned businesses to miss out on receiving a loan. Está historia está disponible en español en La Noticia. Businesses across the country were forced to close their doors last March as statewide lockdowns went into effect. So the announcement of financial support for business owners through the Paycheck Protection Program was a relief. But instead of getting help, many minority-owned small businesses were denied PPP loans. “A lot of people really ju...

WFAE Locos Tacos food truck owner Jose Guerra made 400 chicken fajita meals for the Community Kitchen Program event. A line of cars funneled into the Charlotte Motor Speedway parking lot Thursday night. People with flashlights directed drivers down six lanes with tents at the end. One by one, drivers pulled up to the tents where groups of volunteers handed them food, cookies and bottles of water. Latino music played on large speakers keeping spirits warm on an otherwise cold night. The cars never stopped for long. For two hours, a seemingly never-ending line of cars rolled up to the tents to ...