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As the ROC Cohort Continues to Learn We Hope to Center the BIPOC Business Voice

As we move forward, we want to identify structural barriers that business owners face, and develop recommendations for equitable business recovery using input from the community, to enhance and fill in gaps that may exist in current initiatives. We want to invite small business owners to share your stories, what is important to your business, your aspirations for small business support, and what the community can do to help you succeed.

Announcing a new $50,000 #ExtraGive prize!

NEW THIS YEAR! For the 2021 Extraordinary Give, we're proud to partner with The Steinman Foundation to present ten $5,000 prize awards to organizations striving to ensure equity within our community. P

2021 ExtraGive Update

We've got some EXTRA surprises in store for this year's ExtraGive. Tune in for some big announcements, including a brand new (and BIG) prize, our plans for an all-new outdoor ExtraGive FEST, as well as ways your organization can take advantage of the 2021 ExtraGive CAST!

Centering BIPOC Business Voices: A community conversation to promote equitable small business recovery

We want to invite small business owners to share your stories, what is important to your business, your aspirations for small business support, and what the community can do to help you succeed. Queremos invitar a los propietarios de pequeñas empresas a compartir sus historias, lo que es importante para su empresa, sus aspiraciones de apoyo a las pequeñas empresas y lo que la comunidad puede hacer para ayudarlo a tener éxito.

Centering BIPOC Business Voices: A community conversation to promote equitable small business recovery

We want to invite small business owners to share your stories, what is important to your business, your aspirations for small business support, and what the community can do to help you succeed. Queremos invitar a los propietarios de pequeñas empresas a compartir sus historias, lo que es importante para su empresa, sus aspiraciones de apoyo a las pequeñas empresas y lo que la comunidad puede hacer para ayudarlo a tener éxito.

Centering BIPOC Business Voices: A community conversation to promote equitable small business recovery

We want to invite small business owners to share your stories, what is important to your business, your aspirations for small business support, and what the community can do to help you succeed. Queremos invitar a los propietarios de pequeñas empresas a compartir sus historias, lo que es importante para su empresa, sus aspiraciones de apoyo a las pequeñas empresas y lo que la comunidad puede hacer para ayudarlo a tener éxito.

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Reinventing Our Communities Cohort Launches

A cross-sector collaboration of organizations, businesses, and community members in Lancaster County is proud to announce its participation in the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s second annual Reinventing Our Communities (ROC) cohort program. This program will use a lens of racial justice to focus on equitable business recovery, and to support small business owners and entrepreneurs disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and those that have been historically and systematically oppressed.   

3 things we’re learning from Lancaster Snapshot

Scholarship Awards for 2020-2021

Each year we are able to award scholarships to help advance Lancaster County students education thanks to generous donors with a passion for supporting the future generation. This year we awarded 29 scholarships to extraordinary students pursuing careers in various fields such as environmental science, law, music business, nursing, and much more. Thanks to you […]