LIMA — The Walter C. Potts Entrepreneur Center is seeking small and minority businesses to apply for grants up to $500.
Businesses applying must be 51 percent owned by a minority or a woman, with the majority owner being at least 18 years of age. The available funds were generated by the Mega Choir event held in April.
“The grants that are given will help to provide some small and minority businesses an opportunity to accelerate in their businesses,” Potts Center director Jessie Pope said. “We know that money that you give to support small businesses can help them through tight times.”
The hope with these grants is that it will give a little extra boost to qualifying businesses to help them eventually become self-sustaining.
“We are fulfilling a promise that we put up that we were going to do and that is to supply minority and small businesses some funds to keep them sustainable,” Potts Center president Jesse Lowe II said.
Applications are available now through September 30, 2022. Grant applications are available for download at https://bit.ly/3dNtCAr or may be picked up at the Walter C. Potts Entrepreneur Center’s location at the Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce, 144 S. Main St., Suite 100.
The purpose of the Walter C. Potts Entrepreneur Center is to provide leadership guidance for entrepreneurs and small business development, as well as teaching skills employers desire. The center aims to help current small, minority-owned businesses grow in order to foster greater economic growth in Allen County with these entrepreneurs staying and investing in this region. The center brings together regional partners, mentors, education, training, and funding opportunities.
Reach Dean Brown at 567-242-0409.
