Comcast immediately introduced it would award $1 million in grants to 100 small companies owned by ladies and other people of coloration, together with Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and Asian American house owners, amongst others, in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties, bringing the Comcast RISE program’s whole funding in South Florida to $2 million. Comcast RISE stands for “Illustration, Funding, Energy and Empowerment.”
Between October 3 and 16, eligible small companies in Broward and Miami-Dade Counties can apply on-line for one of many $10,000 grants at www.ComcastRISE.com.
Comcast can also be awarding grants in Chicago, Oakland, Seattle and Washington, D.C.
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The Comcast RISE program awarded $1 million in $10,000 grants to 100 South Florida companies in November 2021. In whole, $21 million in Comcast RISE grants have been awarded to small companies nationwide.
One of many South Florida recipients was Broski Ciderworks in Pompano Seaside, based and owned by brothers Daniel and David Verdugo.
“Receiving the $10,000 Comcast RISE grant was a sport changer for our enterprise. We used the cash to make vital upgrades to our operations, together with establishing an internet retail retailer in order that our award-winning ciders may be accessible to not simply our prospects right here in South Florida, however throughout the nation,” stated David Verdugo.
“We’re very grateful to have been chosen as one of many Comcast RISE grant recipients. We encourage all different entrepreneurs who’re eligible to use for the grant and to inform their tales, as a result of the Comcast RISE program may find yourself being an enormous blessing for his or her companies similar to it was for ours,” stated Daniel Verdugo.
“We’re very grateful that Comcast is contributing as soon as once more to the revitalization of Miami-Dade’s economic system with one other $1 million in Comcast RISE grants,” stated Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava. “We want lasting and significant change in our area, and we all know Comcast is a dedicated neighborhood associate, not simply immediately, however for years to come back.”
“Small enterprise house owners all through Broward County are nonetheless navigating the ups and downs of the post-COVID pandemic economic system. We should proceed to assist companies of numerous possession, of all sizes and throughout completely different industries,” stated Broward County Mayor Michael Udine. “By committing one other $1 million {dollars} in grants for small companies, the Comcast RISE program is supporting the expansion and improvement of the economic system of our complete neighborhood.”
Comcast RISE was fashioned in late 2020 to present small companies owned by folks of coloration, together with Black, Indigenous, Hispanic, and Asian American house owners, amongst others, the sources they should not simply survive, however thrive. In November 2021, Comcast RISE introduced a significant enlargement to all women-owned companies nationwide as part of this system’s first anniversary.
“Many circumstances for small companies are vastly improved because the top of the pandemic. Nonetheless, for some companies that needed to shut their doorways for weeks or needed to put manufacturing or their companies on maintain due to provide chain disruptions, restoration is ongoing,” stated Beatrice Louissaint, president, and CEO of the Florida State Minority Provider Improvement Council. “Help and sources from corporations like Comcast are a lifeline for these small enterprise house owners and their neighborhoods.”
Along with the Funding Fund, Comcast RISE, gives the chance for small companies owned by folks of coloration and girls nationwide to use for grants for a number of of the assist focus areas with the chance to obtain one.
Extra data and the purposes to use for both the grant program or advertising and know-how companies can be found at www.ComcastRISE.com.