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PRESENT & HISTORIC

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The Equity Entrepreneur Center Collaborative Partnership recognizes the existing environment exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic and socio-economic inequities and injustices requires deliberate and bold actions.

An innovative and sustainable Initiative is necessary to repair the Free Enterprise system’s failures, deficiencies, and lost economic gains directly affecting black and brownowned businesses.

Our country and local community is in the political, social, and economic re-building stages and to remove all barriers, impediments and economic injustices affecting black and brownowned businesses will require investment, participation, and purpose from all sectors of society so that we may realize true economic opportunity for all citizens.

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The pandemic crisis is changing the way all businesses conduct their operations however, black, and minority-owned businesses are particularly vulnerable in the current environment.

The process of Black and brown-owned businesses applying for any of the COVID-19 Loans or Grants, has revealed that many did not have the technical skills to complete the applications, very few had all required documents, a considerable number had not filed business tax returns and there is a general sense of unpreparedness to access available capital.

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Given these upheavals American businesses are confronted with maintaining their viability, but projections are indicating 10-12 percent will not survive over the next 2 years.

THE EQUITY ENTREPRENEUR CENTER IS A 501-C3 ORGANIZATION AND IS PROUD TO BE THE SISTER ORGANIZATION OF THE BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF PALM BEACH COUNTY!

ONE GREAT PARTNERSHIP IN THE MAKING!