LBCEI, The Long Beach Center for Economic Inclusion, is a community development corporation that has taken on the challenge of expanding inclusive economic opportunities for all communities in Long Beach. It’s mission and values include: Bringing Everyone In An Economy for All Access to Capital Inclusive Opportunity Then, COVID-19 hit and the priorities changed. LBCEI…
“Chavez-Herrera talks about the push for equality and the advancement of women and minorities in long-segregated industries. Victoria is a Grand Junction, Colorado native with a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Colorado. Staying on the Western Slope to start her engineering career, Victoria works with MCVSD 51 on her free time to…
“When businesses and organizations resume activity after COVID-19, it will be in a changed economic landscape. Suzanne Clark is president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, whose 3 million members include all sectors, geographies, and sizes. She is planning how they will tackle post-coronavirus challenges, including social distancing and health requirements, and joins Judy Woodruff…
“Grete Faremo is passionate about placing gender equality and the rights of women at the forefront of development projects. Grete joined the United Nations and UNOPS as Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director in August 2014. Before this appointment, Grete held various senior-level positions for the Government of Norway. She brings a wealth of experience from the…
“For nearly 20 years retailers in downtown Winnsboro, South Carolina struggled to compete with Walmart’s cheap products and one-stop shopping. As we reported in 2016, Walmart closed its supercenter there three years ago, one of 154 stores it shuttered across the country that year. NewsHour Weekend’s Christopher Booker returned to see what life after Walmart…
The economic power of Long Beach Latinos was the focus of a summit at the Convention Center on November 13th. An estimated 150 Government, Nonprofit, and Educational leaders gathered for an in-depth presentation and discussion of the report “Long Beach Latino Economic Profile & Impact.” The summit was convened by a partnership of sponsoring groups…
Latino economic power will be the agenda for the first summit on the subject in Long Beach on November 13, 2018. A wide range of leaders from education, government, nonprofits, as well as neighborhood leaders will gather at the Long Beach Convention Center to, as the organizers describe, “shift the community’s focus from disparities to…
The community organization, Centro CHA, Mayor Robert Garcia and First District Councilperson Lena Gonzalez are sponsoring a lecture and panel discussion called Latino Urbanism: Defining a Model for Economic and Cultural Development. The event will take place at the Museum of Latin American Art on Thursday, October 13, 2016, 4:30-7:00pm. The Museum is located at 628 Alamitos Ave, Long…
The Long Beach Small Business Development Center (SBDC) and PalacioMagazine.com have teamed up to sponsor Access to Capital Workshop. The 90-minute workshop will be in Spanish for the attending Small Businesses. The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) helps small business owners succeed with low-cost training and no-cost one-on-one advising from experienced entrepreneurs and industry experts. The Access…
In the 2015 study for the National Hispanic Chamber of Commerce by the firm Geoscape®, Hispanic Businesses & Entrepreneurs Drive Growth in the New Economy, Hispanic owned business growth in the United States was fifteen times the national growth rate. “The trend has been sustained for at least the last 10 to 15 years manifests itself…