Conduit Street Covers Completion of Second AAEDC Inclusive Ventures Program

November 3, 2021

Conduit Street, the official blog of the Maryland Association of Counties (MACo), reported on the second cohort of business owners graduating from AAEDC’s Inclusive Ventures Program (IVP) in the following article:

Anne Arundel Uplifts Eleven Small Business Entrepreneurs

It included the following quote from Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman:

“It’s so important for us to promote and encourage small and minority-owned businesses in this county,” said Pittman. “Their success and growth is key to creating intergenerational wealth, and IVP is a tremendous program that provides business owners with the training and resources that can help make that happen.”

It added that Pittman was joined by Maryland Department of Commerce Secretary Kelly M. Schulz and City of Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley in providing videos directly congratulating IVP graduates, and also listed the eleven business owners and their businesses.

Introduced by AAEDC in January 2021, IVP aims to help small and minority-, women-, and Veteran-owned businesses in Anne Arundel County succeed and grow by providing their owners with the resources that early-stage entrepreneurs so often lack: business education and training, access to capital, and mentorship.

To learn more, visit the Inclusive Ventures Program page.

 

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