Edc Team Jefferson

Our programs accomplishments include the 156 in house advising sessions, 236.75 advising hours, 247 business retention and expansion activity engagements, support for 20 business startups, 4 businesses export assistance, training for 28 businesses, 20 jobs created, and 264 jobs retained. The ARPA Grant was a major accomplishment. Our team vetted over 200 business applications and were able to issue 133 businesses funding. Five additional technical service providers received COVID relief via the Technical Service Provider grant completed in May of 2022. Area Sector Analysis Process (ASAP) was initiated in 2022 with a 20-person steering committee in order to identify where our community needs resources. Outreach and Partner Development has been a key goal in 2022. We are keen to continue to build relationships with our public partners, board of directors, capital resources, regional partner organizations, small business technical providers, main industries in our community, workforce cooperation and capacity building to this effort we have over 48 different partners involved in our network. We look forward to serving Jefferson County by continuing to evolve our organization to be an enduring platform for connection, learning and organizational growth in service of supporting our community's resilience and developing its potential.