Community and Workshops

Small Business Owners: You May Be Eligible for up to $30,000 and Technical Assistance Training! Last year, the City of Raleigh and Carolina Small Business Fund launched the Oak City Biz Labs program. This program is designed to help small businesses with storefronts in Raleigh that are still financially recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic by providing aid of up to $30,000, tied to technical assistance programs that help foster strategic and resilient business growth. Applications for the second round will be open from February 27th until March 12th.  Applicants that were awarded funds for the first round of relief through the Oak City Biz Labs program are not eligible to apply. The applicants that received aid through the separate Raleigh Relief Fund created at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic are eligible to apply. Interested in applying? Please join the virtual information session on Monday, February 20th at 11am to learn about eligibility, program requirements, and how to apply. Register here! Please contact Ferdinand Rouse, Small Business Development Programs Coordinator at ferdinand.rouse@raleighnc.gov with any questions.

Hi Friends URGENT, URGENT URGENT!!! It has just come to our attention that HB99 has been filled. Filed by Representative Paré. HB99 — turns Wake County Board of Commissioners races into nonpartisan, single-member districts (currently it’s a partisan, residency/at-large system). We are hosting a special listening session next week to discuss the impact of the voting change and gather initial first impressions on HB99. The meeting will take place on Monday February 20, 2023, at 6:00pm via zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckd-mopzgtG9XfHO6oVZY6cH78yDkT1BYx Please share the meeting information below with community members and partners who are interested in learning more about HB99 and its impact in Raleigh and Wake County. Things are moving very fast with the HB99 going to committee on February 22nd. It is our goal to have our advocacy partners break down the Bill on the call as well as share ways to uplift concerns and how to be more involved. We appreciate your support and dedication. If you have any questions or need additional information please let me know. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Zoom registration link is here - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZckd-mopzgtG9XfHO6oVZY6cH78yDkT1BYx -- Stay Positive, Test Negative!!! Byron Laws, MSW He Trilogy (he, his, him) Training & Capacity Building Manager NC Counts Coalition […]