Rural Entrepreneurship

Propietario de restaurante rural mantiene la esperanza a pesar de la lenta recuperación de la pandemia

Después de trabajar como especialista en rescate en un departamento de bomberos en la Ciudad de México durante muchos años, Héctor Chávez y su familia se mudaron a los Estados Unidos para obtener certificaciones y avanzar en su carrera. Pero 10 años después y sin oportunidades para continuar con su pasión, Héctor decidió abrir Plaza Garibaldi, un restaurante mexicano en Soledad, Calif.

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Empresaria inmigrante resiste muchas tormentas para continuar sus sueños de diseño

Daisy Bedoya ya estaba luchando para mantenerse a flote cuando la pandemia del coronavirus la obligó a cerrar su negocio por unos meses, dejándola con crecientes deudas. Graphx Designs and Concepts es una empresa de diseño gráfico que crea carteles, pantallas de luces LED, letras de ventanas y más en Largo, Florida. 

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Rural entrepreneur patches together resources, despite being “sew” remote

When her brother was first deployed to Iraq, Candy Alford embroidered every piece of clothing he owned, from his socks to his washcloths, with his name so his things wouldn’t get misplaced in the group laundry. Not only were the name tags practical, but they garnered quite a few compliments from her brother’s fellow pilots, and he suggested she turn her hobby into a business.

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Washington State Microenterprise Association

The Washington State Microenterprise Association is an independent, non-profit organization that acts as a network of microenterprise organizations, professionals and advocates in the state of Washington. It's mission is to strengthen economic development systems that support the growth of strong and effective microenterprise development organizations through access to capital and micro-lending, job creation, business creation and expansion support and self-employment education and assistance, among other methods.