Chamber Luncheon: Small Business Creating a Big Impact
Schedule
Thu Aug 08 2024 at 11:30 am to 01:00 pm
UTC-05:00Location
500 Jefferson St, Lafayette, LA 70501-6944, United States | Lafayette, LA
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In the fall of 2023, 1A launched Small Business Challenge, an effort to spur small business growth and downtown development by capitalizing on Lafayette’s strong culture of entrepreneurship with an open competition. Small Business Challenge not only awarded the best creative business concept a capital infusion of up to $100,000 and a lease to the historic Sans Souci Building, but the application process itself supported and accelerated local entrepreneurs’ ventures, generating a ripple effect of small business development in Downtown Lafayette.Join us over lunch as we reflect on the impact Small Business Challenge has made on both the Downtown community and the lives of local entrepreneurs. Learn how Small Business Challenge was inspired by a similar effort out of Pensacola and what 1A’s spinoff of the competition process entailed for the 33 contestants.
Hear from Small Business Challenge winners Korey Champagne and Alexis Badon of Magnolia Pantry as well as contestants Mia Stanford of Le Grenadier and Shayna Bolgiano of Oliver Lane Creative Studio who have both since launched their small businesses in Downtown Lafayette.
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