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…