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Business
start up help California
Central
Coast Sierra Nevada
El
Pajaro Community Development Corporation (El Pajaro CDC)
Contact: Carmen Herrera-Mansir
23 East Beach Street, Suite 209
Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone: (831) 722-1224
Fax: (831) 722-3128
E-mail: cherrera@elpajarocdc.org
Web Address: www.elpajarocdc.org
Clients Served: ethnic minorities, immigrants, low income, rural,
urban, welfare recipients, women
Services Provided: business plan training, counseling, incubator, loan
packaging, topical workshops
Entrepreneurial
Development and Public Policy Center (EDPPC)
Contact: Jennifer Bliss
3198 Vista del Camino
Marina, CA 93933
Phone: (831) 252-2026
Fax: (831) 384-8700
E-mail: jbliss@edppc.org
Web Address: www.edppc.org
Clients Served: rural/underserved communities and organizations
Services Provided: opportunity assessment, policy guidance and
composition, funding assessment
Women's Economic Ventures (WEV)
Contact: Marsha Bailey
333 S. Salinas Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93103
Phone: (805) 965-6073
Fax: (805) 962-9622
E-mail: mbailey@wevonline.org
Web Address: www.wevonline.org
Clients Served: ethnic minorities, immigrants, low income, people with
disabilities, rural, urban, welfare recipients, women
Services Provided: business plan training, counseling, incubator,
individual development accounts (IDAs), loan packaging, loans other
than microloans, mentoring, microloans, online training, peer networks,
topical workshops
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Central Valley
Central
California Small Business Development Center (CCSBDC)
Contact: Richard Wheeler
P.O. Box 787
Visalia, CA 93279
Phone: (559) 625-3051
Fax: (559) 625-3053
E-mail: richard@ccsbdc.org
Web Address: www.ccsbdc.org
Clients Served: ethnic minorities, immigrants, low income, rural,
urban, welfare recipients, women
Services Provided: business plan training, counseling, loan packaging
Community
Services and Employment Training, Inc. (CSET)
Contact: Carla Calhoun
P.O. Box 1350
Visalia, CA 93279
Phone: (559) 732-4194
Fax: (559) 733-3971
E-mail: ccalhoun@cset.org
Web Address: www.cset.org
Clients Served: ethnic minorities, immigrants, low income, people with
disabilities, rural, welfare recipients, women
Services Provided: business plan training, counseling
Fresno
Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (FAHCC)
Contact: Dora Rivera
1456 W. Shaw Avenue
Fresno, CA 93711
Phone: (559) 222-8705
Fax: (559) 222-8706
E-mail: info@fahcc.org
Web Address: www.fahcc.org
Fresno
County Economic Opportunities Commission/
Local Conservation Corps (EOC/LCC)
Contact: Joseph Crown
1371 Stanislaus
Fresno, CA 93706
Phone: (559) 264-1048
Fax: (559) 264-1004
E-mail: joseph.crown@fresnoeoc.org
Web Address: www.fresnoeoc.org
Clients Served: ethnic minorities, immigrants, low income, rural,
urban, welfare recipients, women
Services Provided: business plan training, counseling, individual
development accounts (IDAs), loan packaging, microloans
Kern
County Community and Economic Development Department
Contact: Paul Sippel
2700 M Street, Suite 250
Bakersfield, CA 93301
Phone: (661) 862-5029
Fax: (661) 862-5052
E-mail: paul@co.kern.ca.us
Web Address: www.co.kern.ca.us
Clients Served: ethnic minorities, immigrants, low income, people with
disabilities, rural, welfare recipients, women
Services Provided: counseling, microloans
San Joaquin Delta College Small Business Development Center (SBDC)
Contact: Gillian Murphy
445 N. San Joaquin Street
Stockton, CA 95207
Phone: (209) 943-5089
Fax: (209) 943-8325
E-mail: gmurphy@deltacollege.edu
Web Address: http://sbdc.deltacollege.edu
Services Provided: business plan training, counseling, incubator, loans
other than microloans, microloans, topical workshops
Valley
Small Business Development Company
Contact: Stanley Tom
7035 N. Fruit
Fresno, CA 93711
Phone: (559) 438-9680
Fax: (559) 438-9690
E-mail: requestinfo@vsbdc.com
Web Address: www.vsbdc.com
Clients Served: ethnic minorities, immigrants, low income, rural,
urban, welfare recipients, women
Services Provided: business plan training, counseling, individual
development accounts (IDAs), loan packaging, loans other than
microloans, microloans, topical workshops.
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Sacramento
Area
California
Capital Financial Development Corporation
Contact: Clarence Williams
926 J Street, Suite 1500
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 442-1729
Fax: (916) 442-7852
E-mail: cwilliams@cacapital.com
Clients Served: ethnic minorities, immigrants, low income, people with
disabilities, urban, welfare recipients, women
Services Provided: counseling, individual development accounts (IDAs),
loans other than microloans, microloans, topical workshops
County of Sacramento, DHA
Contact: Ted Canty
4990 Stockton Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95822
Phone: (916) 875-3330
Fax: (916) 875-3302
E-mail: cantyt@saccounty.net
Clients Served: ethnic minorities, immigrants, low income, people with
disabilities, rural, urban, welfare recipients, women
Services Provided: business plan training, counseling, individual
development accounts (IDAs), topical workshops
Opening Doors, Inc.
Contact: Ernest Leonard
2118 K Street
Sacramento, CA 95816
Phone: (916) 492-2591
Fax: (916) 492-2628
E-mail: ern@openingdoorsinc.com
Web Address: www.openingdoorsinc.com
Clients Served: ethnic minorities, immigrants, low income, refugees,
rural, urban, welfare recipients, women
Services Provided: business plan training, counseling, individual
development accounts (IDAs), loan packaging, microloans, topical
workshops.
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San
Diego
ACCESS,
Inc
Contact: Bob Stewart
2612 Daniel Avenue
San Diego, CA 92111
Phone: (858) 560-0871
Fax: (858) 560-8135
E-mail: bstewart@access2jobs.org
Web Address: www.access2jobs.org
Clients Served: ethnic minorities, immigrants, low income, people with
disabilities, urban, welfare recipients, women
Services Provided: business plan training, counseling, mentoring,
microloans, peer networks
ACCION
San Diego
Contact: Patti Mason
1250 6th Avenue, Suite 500
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 685-1380
Fax: (619) 685-1470
E-mail: pmason@accionsandiego.org
Web Address: www.accionsandiego.org
Clients Served: ethnic minorities, immigrants, low income, people with
disabilities, rural, urban, welfare recipients, women
Services Provided: mentoring, microloans, referral to partner
organization- also work together with partners on technical assistance,
topical workshops
CDC
Small Business Finance Corp (CDC SBFC)
Contact: Kurt Chilcott
925 Fort Stockton Drive
San Diego, CA 92103
Phone: (619) 291-3594
Fax: (619) 291-6954
E-mail: kchilcott@cdcloans.com
Web Address: www.cdcloans.com
Clients Served: ethnic minorities, immigrants, low income, rural,
urban, women
Services Provided: counseling, loan packaging, loans other than
microloans, microloans
Small Business Development & International Trade Center—
Southwestern College (SBDITC)
Contact: Ken M. Clark
900 Otay Lakes Rd., Room 1601
Chula Vista, CA 91910
Phone: (619) 482-6391
Fax: (619) 482-6402
E-mail: kmc@sbditc.org
Web Address: www.sbditc.org
Clients Served: ethnic minorities, immigrants, low income, people with
disabilities, rural, urban, welfare recipients, women
Services Provided: business plan training, counseling, loan packaging,
topical workshops
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If
you are thinking of entering the food business, it may be
worth considering the following market trends that could affect
future growth and the outcome of your business.....
Environmental Impact
The
principal emission sources are methane from the stomachs of cows and
nitrous oxide from land to which fertilizer has been applied.
There
is
a lack of effective technical solutions to reduce these emissions. On
the other hand, changed food habits can have a great impact.
If
beef is
replaced by chicken, emissions decrease by 90 per cent, and if beef is
replaced by beans the reduction is 99 per cent. (see
full report)
Earth
Markets:
Farmers’
markets that have been established according to guidelines that follow
the Slow
Food
philosophy.
Accept the
Environmental Challenge!
There is a great opportunity for businesses to create a new and
positive agenda, where the focus is on all the good that companies can
do for the environment, society and economic growth.
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