Small Business Week: Breaking Barriers: Funding for Black-Owned Businesses

This session is co-presented by the Small Business Enterprise Centres in Vaughan, Markham, Richmond Hill, and York Region.

1-hour in person seminar for small business owners.

Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Funding Solutions for Black-Owned Businesses with FACE Coalition

Room: Woodbridge Room (2nd floor), Vaughan City Hall

Description: Join us for an insightful workshop where we'll explore innovative funding solutions tailored to empower Black-owned businesses. With the expertise of FACE Coalition, we'll break barriers to financial access and forge new bridges toward economic empowerment and prosperity within our communities.

Hosted by the VBEC every October, Small Business Week is a nationally recognized celebration of the contributions small businesses make to the economy. This year’s Small Business Week will focus on empowering businesses to become more inclusive, sustainable and resourceful through providing content on a variety of programs, practical tools and strategies to embrace diversity and inclusion and understanding cultural competence.

The presenting sponsor for Small Business Week 2024 is the Business Development Bank of Canada(BDC) and programming is being delivered together with local business support organizations.

Registrations are currently open to small businesses and entrepreneurs. For a full schedule of events, including descriptions, please visit vaughanbusiness.ca/SBW.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Woodbridge Room (2nd FL), Vaughan City Hall, 2141 Major Mackenzie Drive West, Vaughan, Canada