Client: Mingma Sherpa, owner of Momo Crave Client location: Queens, NY CDFI: Accompany Capital CDFI service area: New Jersey and New York CDFI services provided: Financing and technical assistance, with support
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Los Angeles Telehealth Startup Expands Remote Patient Monitoring with CDFI Assistance
Los Angeles, CA
Client: Kelly Nguyen, owner of DrKumo Client location: Los Angeles, CA CDFI: PACE CDFI service area: California CDFI services provided: Financing and technical assistance Learn how PACE
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Oakland Food Enterprise Reinventing Itself Amid Pandemic with CDFI Support
Oakland, CA
Client: Javier Sandes, owner of Javi’s Cooking Client location: Oakland, CA CDFI: Pacific Community Ventures CDFI service area: California CDFI services provided: $100,000 loan and
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Syrian Restaurateur Launches Business in Phoenix Through CDFI Refugee Program
Phoenix, AZ
Client – Rodain’s Syrian Kitchen Client location – Phoenix, Arizona CDFI – International Rescue Committee’s Center for Economic Opportunity CDFI services provided – Credit building
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Bolivian Entrepreneur Brings Latin American Cuisine to Maine with CDFI Support
Portland, ME
Client – Adrian Espinoza Garcia, Empanada Club Client location – Portland, Maine CDFI – Coastal Enterprises, Inc. CDFI services provided – Business coaching; small equipment loan
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Entrepreneur Grows Her San Francisco Parking Business with Support from CDFIs
San Francisco, CA
Patty Rodriguez grew up in San Francisco’s Mission District and got her start in the parking industry through a job as an administrative assistant while
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Former Olympic Hopeful Opens Fitness Center with Support from Minneapolis CDFI
Robbinsdale, MN
Born and raised in Kenya, Dr. Stephen Menya immigrated to the United States in 1993 with aspirations to train for and represent his home country in the 1996 Summer Olympic Games.
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Integrative Care Business Expands in Nashville with CDFI’s Support
Nashville, TN
September 3, 2019 Janice Cathey immigrated to America from Vietnam at a young age. Empowered by her heritage as the great-granddaughter of a Chinese medicine man, Janice launched her
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Pennsylvania Transportation Enterprise Serves Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities
Harrisburg, PA
July 26, 2019 A Kenyan immigrant, Elijah Omara Riechi came to the United States to pursue a college education. After completing his degree, Omara worked at a
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