Starbucks perks up Houston minority communities as part of $100 million investment
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Share: The Bayou City will be a major beneficiary of a new initiative from Starbucks. The Seattle-based, global coffee giant announced that it has selected Houston as one of 12 U.S. cities that will receive funds from the Starbucks Community Resilience Fund.
Seeded with a $100 million investment, the fund will be used to support small businesses and community development projects in BIPOC (Black, indigenous, and people of color) neighborhoods. In addition to Houston, the program will launch in Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Washington D.C.
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Rs 4,687 Crore Allocated Under YSR Cheyutha, To Benefit 23 Lakh Minority Women Jan 17, 2021, 13:05 IST
AMARAVATI: As part of the YSR Cheyutha scheme launched by the Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, the State government has earmarked Rs 4,687 crore for this year as part of the scheme.
The YSR Cheyutha scheme launched last year on August 12 aims at equipping women of SC/ST/OBC/minority castes to create their own employment opportunity.
Through this scheme, financial assistance will be provided to women. The amount would be directly transferred to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries of the scheme as part of the DBT process.