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A local economic development professional has won a national award that comes with a $50,000 stipend for his work promoting entrepreneurship. Carlos Huerta, executive director of the Center for Community Transformation at Fresno Pacific University,
Successful small businesses are vital to a flourishing Central Valley in areas from providing jobs to making progress in literacy rates, according to a Fresno Pacific University press release.
Fresno Pacific programs helps encourage entrepreneurship during pandemic KFSN Share: FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Coffee and specialty drinks are brewing inside The Java Bar in East Central Fresno. "It was scary opening up a business in the middle of a pandemic. It was scary; I was really nervous, but I said 'you know what, I've been doing this for two, three years, I've got it,'" said Keshawna Nelson, The Java Bar owner. Nelson launched the Java Bar inside the Vision View Business Center near the airport last year. She got some help from Fresno Pacific University's Launch Central Valley to help ...
More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. FPU Transformation Center Helps ‘Launch’ Central Valley Businesses Shown, from left, Carlos Huerta, Matthew Blackwood and Doug Davidian at a Launch Central Valley event. Photo By Jocelyn Marquez Keshawna Nelson wants to brew coffee and serve a caffeinated jolt to Fresno’s future. She’s an entrepreneur with a new business: The Java Bar. Her vision is to share knowledge, experience—and yes, profits...