Group seeks input from businesses
Survey about entrepreneurial environment
LISA GREEN | The Journal Gazette
Start Fort Wayne is engaged in a new initiative to promote and support business ownership and it includes seeking input through a survey.
The nonprofit organization is working with the Community Foundation of Greater Fort Wayne to launch what it calls an “Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Strategy for Allen County.”
Start Fort Wayne s mission is to help entrepreneurs turn ideas into growth-oriented businesses. A survey has been created to “collect data on and elevate the importance of entrepreneurship in the county,” a Wednesday news release said.
Dan Swartz, executive director of Start Fort Wayne, said developing a strategy is key to ensuring the long-term growth for the regional economy. Along with support from the Community Foundation, the strategy initiative will be partly funded by the Don Wood Foundation, which is focused on strengthening the manufacturing indust
Columbia City-based cycling nonprofit Bike Works has announced that they will host an online trivia event on January 21 st at 5:30 PM featuring an impressive panel of cycling champions: Heidi Franz, Andy Hampsten, Jennie Reed, and Nelson ‘The Cheetah’ Vails!
Franz is a professional racing cyclist, currently riding for the UCI Continental Team Rally Cycling. She resides in West Seattle.
Hampsten, professional road bicycle racer and winner of the 1988 Giro d Italia, was inducted into the US Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2017.
Reed is a World and US champion track cyclist. She has competed in 13 World Championships, and won a silver medal in the 2012 Olympics in the Team Pursuit. She is a King County resident, hailing from Redmond.
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