Support Latino Business Impact Fund launches to provide grants to Latino/x-owned small businesses AUSTIN, TEXAS, September 11, 2020 – Support Latino Business (SLB), a nonprofit dedicated to championing Latino/x small businesses partners with community organizations, business leaders and elected officials to host its second annual National Support Latino Business Day on September 14, 2020. One […]
When the coronavirus hit, small business owners were forced to navigate new territory and make difficult decisions – fully moving operations online, reducing staff or quickly creating new revenue streams. Latino entrepreneurs are among the majority of small business owners directly impacted by the economic fallout from COVID-19. According to a survey conducted online in late March by […]
In recent years, the Latino Chamber of Commerce has worked to help grow small businesses — 300 of them — in the Milwaukee area, primarily on the south side. Many are front-line, service-focused businesses, such as restaurants, barbershops and grocery stores. As such, they are especially vulnerable to health and economic challenges tied to COVID-19. “You have small-business […]