Stonehenge Community Development (SCD) recently provided $6.3 million of Federal New Markets Tax Credits (NMTC) allocation to support a $31 million new markets investment for the completion of construction on a new 212,725 square foot denim manufacturing facility in Edinburg, Texas for Santana Textiles Group (Santana).

In 2011, the Houston Area Urban League (HAUL) launched the Houston Entrepreneurship Center (H-EC) to help established minority entrepreneurs obtain the necessary management skills that will enable them to take advantage of new business opportunities and qualify for financing that will lead to higher levels of business growth.

Doing business in Ohio is now more affordable than ever, thanks to passage of Ohio House Bill 3, signed into law by Secretary of State Jon Husted, effective Sept.24. Fees for business registrations are down by 21 percent and now cost $99.

Eclipse Theaters Development Group LLC $19.8 Million Entertainment Complex Project

In July, Stonehenge Community Development, LLC provided $8 million of Nevada State New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation and $4 million of Federal NMTC allocation to the $21.1 million financing of the Eclipse Theaters Development Group LLC's new 72,000 sq. ft. state‐of‐the‐art integrated entertainment center project in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Entrepreneurship Center of Urban League of Greater Atlanta Making a Difference through Partnerships

The Urban League of Greater Atlanta TEC Helps Mobile Hot Dog Business to Grow

Muslimah Baldwin was ready to expand her mobile food cart business, but needed access to capital. At a networking seminar last year, Baldwin learned about the Urban League of Greater Atlanta’s economic empowerment initiative – The Entrepreneurship Center. With help from TEC, Baldwin moved her Dogs on Wheels business into high gear.

Winston-Salem Urban League Receives $1,778,090 Grant to Employ Older Adults

The Winston-Salem Urban League (Winston-Salem, NC) has been awarded a grant of $1,778,090 from Senior Service America Inc.

The succession of one racially-driven violent event after the next — Maryland, Missouri, New York, Ohio, and South Carolina — is sending shockwaves across our country and causing widespread civil unrest.

Today, these tragedies continue to pose a very difficult question for all Americans: How do we prevent the next eruption?

Saturday August 1st in sunny Fort Lauderdale, Florida marked the 5th anniversary of the Small Business Matters Entrepreneurship Summit. There were over 400 pre-registered attendees and we had to close the registration a few days early before the conference began.