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Very Small Biz Creates Jobs in Sac Bee

Creating small businesses is a key job-generating strategy By Claudia Viek Special to The Bee Published: Tuesday, Jul. 26, 2011 – 12:00 am | Page 11A The California state budget was passed with a 1 percent cut in the sales tax, with a hope for $8.3 billion in unexpected revenue growth and without Republican support.

Micro Enterprise Is Big at CGI America

The Clinton Global Initiative held its first America conference in Chicago this week. President Clinton explained the purpose of the gathering, “CGI America will bring together leaders from business, nonprofits, and government to develop new ideas for generating jobs now in the U.S.” Guess who was there?  CAMEO members and friends, including: *Opportunity Fund *AEO

House Approps Passes FY2012 CAMEO-Related Budget

Thanks to Will Gayle from Townsend Public Affairs for the following update: Yesterday the House Appropriations Committee approved the FY2012 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Bill by a total of 27-21. Despite the deep cuts as compared to the President’s budget, the Committee’s report noted that it had recommended an increase of over $10

Cortland Avenue Corridor

San Francisco – An unprecedented number of small businesses in the Cortland Avenue Corridor are utilizing an important asset in the San Francisco small business community. Working Solutions, a local nonprofit microlender is providing much-needed capital to businesses that need small loans that traditional banks won’t touch. And creating jobs in the process – a total of 17 jobs!

Galen Garretson, Town Cutler

San Francisco – Galen saw beautiful sushi-grade fish lose their clean line, vegetables chopped in non-uniform sizes, and butchers turn red because of rough cuts. Finally fed up with this problem, he put down his chef’s hat and replaced it with a whetstone.

Support CDFI Today!

From our friends at CDFI In the Senate… Get Your Senators to Sign the FY 12 CDFI Support Letter – Please Act Now Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) has called on his colleagues in the Senate to join him on a letter to the Senate Appropriations Committee requesting $227 million for the Community Development Financial Institutions

Sarah Dvorak, Mission Cheese

San Francisco – Sarah Dvorak knows cheese. Whether it be the sweet and nutty Estero Gold, the smooth and earthly Boho Bel, or the notoriously fragrant bleu cheeses from Northern Califiornia, this cheesehead breaks it down for you.

Photos From AEO

From left to right: Row 1: 1) CAMEO and AEO colleagues at White House Briefing, 2) Pamela Patterson (West Company, CAMEO board), Shufina English (CAMEO), Marsha Bailey (Women’s Economic Ventures) and Catherine Marshall (CAMEO), 3) Debra DeBondt (Opening Doors), Judy Hawkins (CAMEO board), David Blicker (Opening Doors), Lorrie Williams (Women’s Initiative, CAMEO board), Shufina English

Unemployed? Try Self-Employment

Claudia put together a standing-room-only workshop that made the case for partnering with Workforce Investment Boards to provide entrepreneurial training to the unemployed. Several AEO members have embarked on new partnerships with WIBs – usually a non-traditional partner. This workshop demonstrated how to develop a deep understanding on how to: break into these established systems,