Fuerza Local Arizona and Interise Launch Initiative for Latino Businesses to Close the Latino Entrepreneurship Gap
Fuerza Local, a program of Local First Arizona Foundation, and Interise, a national economic development nonprofit, announced the launch of a pilot program, called Accelerate Latinx, powered by Interise and Fuerza Local, known locally as Nivel Ejecutivo, (Translation: Next Level Executive). The program is a new initiative aimed at building a more diverse and inclusive economy by supporting the growth of established Latino-owned businesses. - July 17, 2019
Good Food Finder AZ Relaunches Website: An Online Resource Bringing Local Foods & Resources to Arizona’s Communities
Good Food Finder AZ, a webpage of Local First Arizona Foundation, debuts its new website with improved online directory and statewide resources for consumers and food entrepreneurs to grow, taste and discover local food in Arizona. - July 12, 2019
Local First Arizona Launches Community Banking Month: Annual Campaign Encourages Arizonans to Move Their Money Where It Matters
Where you bank can make a huge impact on the local economy, according to Kimber Lanning, founder of Local First Arizona, the organization in Arizona dedicated to boost locally owned business. Lanning is promoting April as Community Banking Month statewide as a time for everyone in Arizona to meet with a banker from a community bank or credit union near them and move their funds into a local institution that better understands their needs than a national bank that only sees Arizona as an outpost. - April 01, 2019
Local First Arizona Foundation Receives Funding from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation to Train Latino Small Business Owners
Local First Arizona Foundation received a $25,000 grant from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation. The funding will underwrite the cost of 12 micro-entrepreneurs to enroll in one of Local First’s programs, the Fuerza Local Business Accelerator, a six-month program focused on business classes taught in Spanish for business owners to launch successful businesses in Arizona. Since 2016, the 304 Fuerza Local graduates have generated more than $14 million in new gross sales and created 536 new jobs. - March 27, 2019