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October
25, 2001
COBB
MICROENTERPRISE CENTER RECEIVES GRANT, HONOR
Kennesaw, GA - The Cobb Microenterprise Center, which helps
low- and moderate income people gain the skills they need to
start their own businesses, has received two significant
honors.
The U.S.
Small Business Administration Program for Investment in
Microentrepreneurs (PRIME) has agreed to provide $250,000 in
financial support.
"The
Microenterprise Council has already helped 160 entrepreneurs
embark on a path to successful business ownership," Patricia
Harris, executive director of the Cobb Microenterprise
Center, said. "This grant will allow us to double the number
of clients we can serve in the future."
The
PRIME program is designed to assist organizations providing
help, technical assistance or research for the benefit of
disadvantaged Microentrepreneurs.
In
addition, The Cobb Microenterprise Center has also been
named one of three finalists for the 2001 Jimmy and Rosalynn
Carter Partnership Award for Campus-Community Collaboration.
Former Vice President Al Gore will be the keynote speaker at
the award program, schedule to take November 15.
"The
grant and the finalist spot for the Carter Partnership Aware
are both great acknowledgements of the success of this
critical enterprise," said Tim Mescon, dean of the Coles
College of Business at KSU, where the Microenterprise
Council is based. "But the real measures of success are the
graduates of the program, who leave with the ability to make
their American dream a reality."
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