Event

GLASS at the Small Business’s Big Moment Webinar

 

The American Rescue Plan Act offers communities a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fundamentally refocus their economic development strategies. One of the smartest things they can do with this unprecedented cash infusion is to make small business the center of their economic development policies and programs.

The webinar was based on a new report by ILSR, “Small Business’s Big Moment,” outlining a dozen ideas for using American Rescue Plan Act money to cultivate and support small businesses.

Speakers:

  • Dionne Baux, Vice President of Urban Development, Main Street America
  • Timothy Bishop, Economic Development Director, City of La Grande, Oregon
  • Maggie Elliott, Executive Director, Believe in Bristol
  • Mathew Hill, Executive Director, Brunswick Downtown Development Authority
  • Paola Santana, CEO, GLASS
  • Stacy Mitchell, Co-Director, Institute for Local Self-Reliance

 

The conversation was moderated by Kelly Humrichouser, Director of Government Relations for Main Street America, and Kennedy Smith, Senior Researcher for the Institute for Local Self-Reliance and former director of the National Main Street Center.

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