Program supporting small business owners receives $15K grant: ‘Help those looking for a path to entrepreneurship’

A $15,000 grant will help Hacienda CDC’s Empresarios Program expand services for Latino, BIPOC and low-income entrepreneurs in Portland.

PORTLAND, Ore. — A program that helps Latino, BIPOC and low-income entrepreneurs launch food and beverage businesses has received a $15,000 grant from the WaFd Bank Foundation to expand its services and support more small business owners.

The funding will go to Hacienda Community Development Corporation’s Empresario Program, which provides guidance to aspiring and early-stage entrepreneurs.

“We respond to the needs of the community by offering educational food and business-related workshops so that folks can get ahead and stabilize and grow their businesses,” said Melina

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