UL Lafayette create Accelerate Northside program to help spur economic recovery
MGN Online
and last updated 2021-02-02 12:59:28-05
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette and community business leaders are coordinating the Accelerate Northside program to help spur COVID-19-related economic recovery.
UL Lafayetteâs Louisiana Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center and the Greater Southwest Louisiana Black Chamber of Commerce will lead the 12-week initiative.
The entities are enlisting volunteer businesspersons who will provide consulting and mentoring to owners of small businesses and people interested in starting a business on the north side of Lafayette.
Accelerate Northside is part of an 18-month initiative that the LEED Center will coordinate to help bolster economic development in several regions of Acadiana, including rural areas. The center supports small businesses, entrepreneurs and economic development agencies in Louisiana.
Accelerate Northside Program Aims To Help Small Businesses
Two groups are teaming up to offer the Accelerate Northside program is help small business owners on the northside of Lafayette that have experienced difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The initiative is being put together by the Greater Southwest Louisiana Black Chamber of Commerce and UL Lafayette s Louisiana Entrepreneurship and Economic Development Center.
One of the goals of the program is help small business owners receive mentoring from either current or retired successful business professionals. The press release about the event from UL Lafayette details that they will also have several workshops that will be available to participants. Those events will be held on Saturdays between February 20 and March 2. Each workshop will be held on campus at either the LITE Center or the B.I. Moody III College of Business Administration.