JJ Lee and Chris Lord enrolled in the Individual Development Account program with CAMEO member Koreatown Youth and Community Center (KYCC) in Los Angeles with the goal of launching a music production company. Upon completion of their required savings and education trainings, they were able to secure capital for equipping their home-based production studio. Overtone
Month: April 2011
Ginger Elizabeth Hahn, Ginger Elizabeth Chocolates
Fascinated with chocolate and its beautiful and complex characteristics, Ginger Elizabeth Hahn had always dreamed of opening her own chocolaterie. A formally trained American chocolatier, Ginger Elizabeth began learning her craft at age 16 at a truffle class in Sacramento at the Learning Exchange. From there, she took classes at the Culinary Institute of America
Elizabeth Pond, Financial Health Services
Elizabeth Pond received training from UCSB to get her small business off the ground, then joined Women’s Economic Ventures in order to help other entrepreneurs.
Johneric Concordia, The Park’s Finest
The Asian Pacific Islander Small Business Program helped Johneric Concordia find the $12,000 he needed to open The Park’s Finest.
VEDC Gets $5 Million Grant
Grant Will Create Much-Needed Jobs in California CAMEO member, Valley Economic Development Center (VEDC), received a $5 million grant from Chase. The money will scale-up VEDC’s capacity to generate the loans small and medium-sized businesses need to sustain and expand their businesses and to hire more Californians. Roberto Barragan, President of VEDC, said, “This grant