Each week on “On a Mission” we talk to community leaders who are out to make a positive impact in the area. Today, our host Dr. Wendy Norfleet talks with Sherrie Clark from Storehouse Media Group.
Each week on “On a Mission” we talk to community leaders who are out to make a positive impact in the area. Today, our host Dr. Wendy Norfleet talks with Andrew Bowman from We Are H.Y.P.E.
Chiropractor
Bridget Edkin, owner of Slainte Chiropractic, was named the 2021 JAX Chamber Overall Small Business Leader of the Year at a ceremony Feb. 2 at the Schultz Center.
Edkin, a third-generation chiropractor who opened her Jacksonville Beach practice in 2017, was chosen from the 12 selected as Small Business Leaders of the Year by the Chamber Councils, the Beaches Division and the Entrepreneurial Growth Division.
“We have such incredible talent in our community and it’s amazing what our small businesses are doing in Jacksonville,” said
Daniel Davis, JAX Chamber president and CEO. “Dr. Edkin is a talented, innovative leader, and I look forward to working with her over the next year and where she takes this growing business from here.”
LISC Jacksonville executive director
The primary issue is closing the racial gaps in health, wealth and opportunity and building a more broadly shared American prosperity.
Our strategy at LISC Jacksonville and LISC nationally is the launch of Project 10X, an intentional investment in businesses, community organizations, developers and projects that catalyze gains for people of color and contribute to growth in the communities where they live.
LISC is seeding Project 10X with $20 million and is working toward a $1 billion goal.
We will deploy capital based on four priorities: Generate lasting equity and wealth through homeownership and small business ownership; build credit and savings and strengthen financial institutions led by Black, Indigenous and people of color; invest in community health, digital access, education, arts and justice; and support quality jobs with good wages and benefits.