LCCF Represents in Lake Charles + Louisianan to Win $1M for Vaccination

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LCCF Attends Lake Charles Investor's Day

Lake Charles Investors’ Day is a business, finance, and thought leadership forum showcasing unique investment opportunities in Lake Charles & Southwest Louisiana. This event encourages collaboration among investors and area community leaders to highlight real investment opportunities and discover innovative avenues to diversify, grow, and redevelop the community.

Economic Development Incentives, Networking Opportunities, Investment Opportunities and Low Income Housing Tax Credits

LCCF President St. Etienne attends Carter Swearing-In Ceremony at Edna Karr H.S.

Shot At A Million is offering Louisiana residents the chance to win $100,000 every Friday in July and a grand prize of $1,000,000 at the end of the month to all registered residents ages 18+ who have chosen to receive at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Residents ages 12-17 who have received at least one dose” at least one dose of the vaccine are eligible to win one of nine $100,000 educational scholarships.

GOV. Edwards and BioLab Announce New $170M Chlorine Manufacturing Plant in Westlake

Gov. John Bel Edwards and KIK Consumer Products COO Jeff Schmitt announced that the company’s BioLab division will make a $170 million investment to build a new chlorine products facility in Westlake, Louisiana, on the site of its previous facility that was damaged as a result of Hurricane Laura in 2020. The project will create 82 direct jobs, with an average annual salary of $76,000 plus benefits, and the company will retain 19 existing jobs in Westlake. Louisiana Economic Development estimates the project will result in 231 indirect jobs, for a total of more than 310 new jobs in Southwest Louisiana.

SBA Funding Competition to Organizations Providing Federal Procurement Training to Veteran Entrepreneurs

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration today announced that non-profit organizations and private sector firms are now eligible to compete for funding of up to $500,000 to deliver federal procurement training to veteran and service-disabled veteran entrepreneurs. The application period begins today through July 12, 2021.

Up to two awardees will use the $500,000 in total funding to participate in the Veteran Federal Procurement Entrepreneurship Training Program (SB-OVVT-21-001) with grants from SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development. Awards will be made for a base project period of 12 months, with three option periods of 12 months each. These funds will be used to cover the costs of educating veterans and service-disabled veterans who intend to pursue, or are already engaged in, federal procurement.

Take the Leap! 4-Week Course to Start a Business

Starting a business without any guidance can be daunting. Why leap without having the tools to soar? Have an idea for a product or service, but don't know where to start? Here is your first step!

Taking the Leap is an interactive 4-week cohort-based class. Each class is 2 hours long. The overall theme of the curriculum is self-empowerment and accountability of each individual. The participants have activities that help them to determine their business model with the objective of forming viable businesses within the 4 week timeframe. Often, in addition to homework activities, classroom activities are supplemented by one-on-one SBDC counseling to address individual learning needs.

**What you'll learn:**

* identifying potential markets

* learn your customers needs

* create a business plan

* understand business finances

* market your products and services

Speaker(s): Sonia Wilson

Fee: No Cost

(4) Class Sessions - begins July 6 - 27