Local Business Group Making Funds Available

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Featured Events

Farm Market Cooperative Information Session

In response to the interest of forming a year round farm market cooperative, Braintree is hosting an informational session on cooperative development. This information session will discuss;

1) What is a cooperative?
2) Why are cooperatives established?
3) What is the legal structure of a cooperative?
4) Who may join a cooperative?
5) When is a cooperative not the best answer?
This informational session will be held at:

Date: Thursday, February 9, 2012
Time: 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 am
Location: Braintree Business Development Center
201 E 5th Street
Mansfield, OH 44902

Local Business Group Making Funds Available

September 16, 2011

Local business group making funds available

Braintree Business Development Center, a member of the JumpStart Entrepreneurial Network, is launching a fund to provide small capital for small businesses.

The launch of Appleseed Microfinance is set for 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19 at Ed Pickens' Café on Main in Mansfield.

Through Appleseed Microfinance, funds of $1,000 to $35,000 will be made available to eligible high potential Northeast Ohio businesses with 50 employees or fewer. The money can be used for equipment, inventory, business-debt restructuring, working capital and short-term projects.

The Appleseed Microfinance launch event will include a brief presentation of the fund's parameters, followed by a question-and-answer session regarding the fund's admissibility requirements and application process.

The launch is free and open to the public. Space is limited.

Those interested should register online at www.jumpstartinc.org.

Time-Gazette