This Golden LEAF grant will assist the River City CDC in establishing a contractor’s academy through their Center for Entrepreneurship in collaboration with Elizabeth City State University’s Walter R. Davis School of Business and Office of Design and Construction, the Small Business and Technology Development Center and two general contractors. The academy will provide eight weeks of comprehensive training to empower at least 20 small, minority, female and/or disadvantaged contractors in competing in the marketplace by building bonding capacity. The project will result in business expansion and increased job opportunities for participants.
