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Few Latino Small Business Owners Attend Roundtable
This past Monday, the CDA attended a Latino Small Business Roundtable with US Senator Ben Cardin organized by CASA of Maryland at their Langley Park headquarters. The agenda was a discussion of issues affecting Latino small businesses in Prince George's County including the Takoma/Langley Crossroads. The room was crowded with representatives from Maryland's Congressional delegation, Prince George's County Department of Housing, Economic Development Corporation, and Chamber of Commerce; Montgomery College Workforce Development Program, CASA's Workforce Development Program, Maryland's Small Business and Technology Center, and other technical assistance providers. Missing from the discussion were small business owners, only a handful of whom attended.
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 CDA Launches Maintenance
The CDA's mission includes maintenance, as well as marketing and promotion, amenities and security. On Tuesday, a crew of workers picked up trash and removed illegal signs along public sidewalks throughout the CDA for the first time under a contract the CDA signed with Greenlinks in August. The workers also power-washed the four most heavily used bus shelter areas, cleaning the pavement in and around the shelters, as well as the benches and chairs, trash and recycling cans, and shelter structures. The four bus stops that were improved include the shelter in front of Expo Emart on Univ Blvd, the bus stop in front of Cricket Wireless on Univ Blvd (1300 block), and two shelters on the east and west sides of the 7600 block of New Hampshire Avenue. For the rest of FY15, Greenlinks will pickup litter and remove illegal signs twice a month, and provide quarterly power-washing of bus shelters, making the Takoma/Langley Commercial Management District cleaner and more appealing. Maintenance is funded by CDA license fees.
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Women Candidates Sought for Entrepreneur Fellowship
Empowered Women International (EWI) is selecting candidates for its Entrepreneur Fellowship for Women Program, Class of 2015. The one-year fellowship program includes:
- The Entrepreneur Training for Success Program
- Grow My Business Program
- Financial Education
- Funding for Your Business
- Business, Career and Support Services
Candidates are immigrant, refugee, and American-born women from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds who share a vision, passion and determination for developing a micro-enterprise. Entrepreneurs in culinary, creatives, service, child care, education, community leaders, artists and artisans, have all been launched, supported and helped personally, professionally and as businesses by EWI with expertise, market connections and an ecosystem of support for its member entrepreneurs. To qualify for EWI awards scholarships, low-income women entrepreneurs must attend the 3-Month Entrepreneur Training for Success program. The training runs from September 30 through December 16, Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:30pm-9:00pm. It is offered in downtown DC (Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, 901 G St NW) or downtown Silver Spring (Civic Building, 1 Veterans Pl). For more information, call Kim Booher at 571-312-4781 or Fim@ewint.org.
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Takoma ParkTo Ban Polystyrene
