Stories

PLACE Builders: The Seed Planted by Pava LaPere

June 21, 2024 | By

Kevin Carter, Director of Business Development for EcoMap Technologies and Co-Director of the PLACE Builders fellowship program

With the inaugural cohort for the PLACE Builders fellowship program set to wrap this upcoming weekend, I’ve found myself grappling with a rhetorical question: how did we get here...

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E3 Durham: Leveraging Federal Dollars to Catalyze Durham County ARPA Investment in a Small Business Support Ecosystem

June 7, 2024 | By

Stacey Williams, Senior Director of Impact and Assessment

In 2021, the U.S. Small Business Administration funded the Equity for Every Entrepreneur (E3) Durham program through the Community Navigator Pilot Program (CNPP). The CNPP uses a hub-spoke model,...

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On a Personal Note: Leading Forward

May 13, 2024 | By

Fay Horwitt, President & CEO of Forward Cities

Forward Cities was founded in 2014 with the belief that every entrepreneur deserves an equitable chance to launch and grow a business that generates wealth for themselves, their families,...

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PLACE Builders Fellow Paco Ramos-Meyer

May 6, 2024 | By

Nutishia Lee

This spotlight is part of the “PLACE Builders fellows” series. More information about the PLACE (Pava LaPere Award for Cultivating Ecosystems) Builders fellowship can be found here.

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