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Mission
Our mission is to foster the well-being of disadvantaged communities by helping to increase neighborhood commercial vitality, strengthen small businesses, create jobs and encourage diversity.
Overview of Programs
From our offices in the South of Market and the Western Addition, Urban Solutions
offers a comprehensive range of economic development services, free of charge, to our clients.
- Small Business Consulting:
Our small business consulting program offers clients one-on-one
counseling on loan packaging, business plan development and financial projections.
- Series of Free Workshops:
We host an ongoing series of free workshops for entrepreneurs covering
a variety of topics including marketing, legal and tax aspects of small
business ownership.
- Business
Attraction: We work to revitalize the Sixth
Street corridor by attracting community-serving
businesses that also create jobs. Urban Solutions
works as a free broker, working with property
owners and tenants throughout the leasing process.
- Green Business Initiative:
Urban Solutions offers on-site consulting and public workshops to help
new and existing businesses identify money-saving opportunities that conserve
environmental resources. During individualized consultations, we evaluate small
businesses and provide customized recommendations to reduce the environmental footprint.
We strive to help small businesses find solutions that are practical, cost-effective and
good for business.
- Organize Merchants:
We created and continue to support the South of
Market Business Association (SOMBA), an organization of businesses from
throughout the South of Market neighborhood.
- Youth Entrepreneurship Training Program:
We offer "Buzz on Biz" in collaboration with the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
for disadvantaged teens in the Western Addition. Urban Solutions teaches youth fundamental business skills
in the classroom while using guest speakers and fieldtrips to give the students real-world business experience.
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